Amazon
Sr. ASIC Emulation Engineer – HW&SW , Amazon Leo
$185K–$288K
Austin, TX +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Sunnyvale, CA - Experience
- 10+ years of experience in SOC emulation and validation.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Defines and brings up ASIC and system-level emulation environments for next-generation modems, supporting verification, hardware debugging, and software bring-up.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain SoC emulation models, environments, methodologies, and C++ testbench frameworks.
- Create and execute verification plans, debug hardware issues, and optimize emulation performance and resource use.
- Partner with software and cross-functional engineering teams on software bring-up, validation, and root-cause analysis.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- 10+ years of experience in SOC emulation and validation.
- Expertise with industry-standard emulation platforms and proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL.
- Experience with C/C++, scripting in Python, Tcl, and/or Perl, and low-level firmware development.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- Knowledge of ARM-based SOC architectures, AMBA AXI4, embedded firmware/software, CI/CD, or UVM.
Pay
USD 213,000.00 - 287,500.00 annually (base salary); USD 185,200.00 - 250,000.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
Cadence Palladium, Mentor Veloce, Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, C/C++, Python, Tcl
AI focus
Use AI and review AI-generated artifacts for technical work.
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