Emulation Engineer, Hardware Prototyping (HAPS)

The role

You will own HAPS bring-up by taking RTL from design teams and running it on prototypes. You will expand platform coverage, support firmware and software engineers, and debug issues across FPGA boundaries.

What you will do

• Own HAPS bring-up including partitioning, multi-FPGA timing closure, clocking, memory mapping, and full-chip assembly.
• Expand platform coverage by standing up new subsystem configurations.
• Support firmware, driver, and software engineers by triaging failures.
• Debug issues across FPGA boundaries using waveform capture and protocol analyzers.
• Bring up interfaces including PCIe, Ethernet, HBM, JTAG, I2C, UART, and QSPI.
• Automate builds, regressions, and image delivery.
• Work across Design, DV, Silicon Validation, Performance, Firmware, and Software teams.

Required qualifications

• Hands-on FPGA prototyping experience covering partitioning, synthesis, timing closure, bring-up, and debug.
• Strong SystemVerilog and Verilog.
• Solid C/C++ and Linux system development.
• Scripting fluency for automation using Python, TCL, or shell.
• Comfort debugging failures in code you did not write.

Nice to have

• Experience with ProtoCompiler, Vivado, or Synopsys prototyping flows.
• Firmware, driver, or bootloader bring-up experience on pre-silicon platforms.
• Experience with emulation platforms (ZeBu, Palladium, Veloce).
• UVM verification environments, DFT, and testbench modeling.
• Waveform debug tooling: Verdi, SimVision.
• Cluster and job scheduling experience (SLURM), CI systems.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
• $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
• Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for those living within walking distance of the office
• Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
• Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
• Daily lunch and dinner in our office
• Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification

About the company

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence by co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing. They are a fully in-person team in San Jose focused on inference.