Amazon
Sr. SOC Emulation Engineer, Silicon and Systems Group
Sunnyvale, California, USA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$183k-$248kDetected 1 day ago
PythonC++CCI/CDComputer VisionOnboardingCustomer SupportCadenceVHDLVerilogEmbedded SystemsElectrical EngineeringHardware DesignProblem Solving
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About the role
- We have also produced ground-breaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo, and the Astro personal robot.
- In this role, you will be responsible for defining the emulation bring up environment for ASIC and system level emulation.
- You will responsible for the bring-up of these blocks.
Responsibilities
- Build and bring-up emulation models for complex SOC designs
- Develop and maintain emulation environments and methodologies
- Develop and maintain C++ based emulation testbench framework
- Create and execute verification test plans
- Interface with cross-functional teams including RTL, verification and silicon validation engineers to validate designs on emulation platforms
- Enable and partner with software team on software bring-up and root-cause bugs
- Optimize emulation performance and resource utilization
- Document processes, methodologies, and technical specifications
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- 10+ years of experience in SOC emulation and validation.
- Proficiency in Hardware Description Languages (Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL).
- Experience with programming languages( C/C++) and scripting skills in Python, Tcl, and/or Perl.
- Strong expertise with industry-standard emulation platforms (e.g.,
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- Knowledge of ARM-based SOC architectures.
- Experience debugging system-level issues - Working experience with high performance industry standard buses like AMBA AXI4.
- Experience with transaction level modeling and transactor development.
- Experience with industry standard I/O interfaces.
- Experience with Embedded firmware/software.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for hardware verification.
- Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff
Compensation
- $183k-$248k
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