Cisco
Emulation Engineer, Technical Leader
$166K–$308K
San Jose, California, US · Onsite Only · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in EE (Electrical & Electronics) or CE (Computer Engineering).
About the job
Develop and debug pre-silicon emulation environments and tests to evaluate the functionality and performance of multi-terabit systems.
What you'll do
- Build emulation infrastructure and complex traffic/performance tests; assist with test planning, implementation, and debugging.
- Collaborate with design, DV, power, and post-silicon diagnostic teams and work with emulation vendors to resolve issues.
- Develop RTL for emulation prototypes and support pre-silicon emulation compilation, debugging, and performance testing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in EE (Electrical & Electronics) or CE (Computer Engineering).
- Prior emulation experience with platforms such as Palladium Z3 or Veloce, including compilation, debug, and performance testing.
- Prior RTL development experience for emulation prototypes.
- Prior experience with C/C++, TCL, and system debug tools such as gdb and waveform debuggers.
Nice to have
- Scripting with Python, Perl, or similar; UVM and System Verilog.
- Post-silicon functional validation or debugging, or experience with PCie, I2C, Ethernet packet headers, or Ethernet protocol.
Pay
$186,900.00 to $267,700.00 USD base salary; $186,900.00 - $307,800.00 USD base salary; $166,300.00 - $274,100.00 USD base salary
Tools
Palladium Z3, Veloce, C/C++, TCL, gdb, Python, Perl, UVM
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