Emulation Engineer

Acceler8 Talent is seeking a Sr. Hardware Emulation Engineer to join an early-stage startup that is delivering the future of code transformation.

They are building a platform to enable source-to-source transpilation, helping teams translate and optimize software across programming languages and domains. This role sits at the center of their efforts to integrate advanced AI workflows with modern EDA toolchains, enabling faster validation, exploration, and optimization of complex digital systems. You’ll play a key part in defining how AI-assisted engineering interacts with emulation platforms and SoC-level design flows.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, maintain, and scale hardware emulation environments using industry-leading platforms such as Synopsys ZeBu, Siemens Veloce, and Cadence Palladium.
• Build flows that allow AI-driven pipelines to map hardware descriptions (SystemC, Verilog, VHDL) into emulation-ready models.
• Collaborate with AI engineers, modeling specialists, and software teams to create automated design-bringup and debug workflows.
• Integrate emulation processes with simulation, verification, synthesis, and test environments.
• Analyze emulation performance, debug signal visibility, and runtime efficiency, recommending improvements to both models and flows.
• Support block-level and SoC-level bring-up on emulation systems, including testbench integration and workload execution.

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent industry experience).
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with hardware emulation platforms (ZeBu, Veloce, Palladium, or similar).
• Strong background in digital design and verification using SystemC, Verilog, or VHDL.
• Familiarity with simulation and verification flows, including testbench generation, waveform analysis, and co-emulation.
• Experience with large-scale SoC bring-up, including boot flows, drivers, and system-level workloads.
• Ability to evaluate trade-offs between simulation, emulation, and prototyping environments.
• (Bonus) Experience with UVM, formal verification, or FPGA prototyping.

Benefits

• Work at the intersection of AI, hardware design, and advanced verification technology.
• Join a highly technical team shaping the future of hardware development automation.
• Remote-friendly within the US.
• Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Unlimited PTO and a flexible, supportive work environment.