Positron
Emulation Test Engineer
$180K–$300K
Austin, TX · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 16, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in ASIC Emulation or Verification; open to hiring at a more senior level.
- Education
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must currently be authorized to work in the U.S.; no new visa sponsorship is available, but H-1B transfers may be facilitated for eligible candidates.
About the job
Own pre-silicon emulation strategy for Positron’s AI inference ASIC, enabling validation, software bring-up, and performance analysis on Cadence Palladium.
What you'll do
- Architect and optimize multi-rack Palladium models, including partitioning and compilation.
- Build hybrid emulation and co-simulation environments for OS boot and AI workload testing; develop validation plans for interfaces and memory hierarchies.
- Analyze power and performance, troubleshoot emulation tools with Cadence, and support hardware-software debugging.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in ASIC Emulation or Verification, with significant experience on large-scale Palladium installations.
- Mastery of SystemVerilog, Verilog, and C/C++ for transactor development and reference modeling.
- Deep understanding of PCIe, DDR, and AMBA AXI/NoC.
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
Pay
$180,000 – $300,000 USD base salary
Tools
Cadence Palladium (Z1/Z2/Z3), SCE-MI, DPI, Python, Tcl, Bash, Verdi, SimVision
AI focus
The role validates an AI inference ASIC and enables pre-silicon testing of AI workloads; it also analyzes performance and power.
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