Waymo
Silicon Emulation Engineer
$175K–$215K
Mountain View, CA, USA +3 · Full-time · Posted Jun 15, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
New York, NY, USA
Mountain View, California, United States
New York, New York, United States - Experience
- 5 years of silicon development experience.
- Education
- BS degree in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering or related field.
About the job
Simulate and validate future silicon designs and software on emulation platforms, while building testbenches and infrastructure to support development, debug, and bring-up.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with Design, Verification, and Software teams on functional and performance validation and earlier software development.
- Design emulation testbenches and synthesizable transactors; triage failures and assist with post-silicon bring-up and characterization.
- Build emulation infrastructure for model builds, regression, automation, continuous integration, data analysis, and training.
What they ask for
- BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with at least one major hardware emulation platform: Palladium, Zebu, Veloce, Protium, or HAPS.
- Proficiency with one or more emulation approaches, such as virtual prototyping, testbench acceleration, hybrid emulation, in-circuit emulation (speed bridge), QEMU, or VirtualBox.
- Experience with SystemVerilog and design verification methodologies; programming and scripting in C++, Python, or TCL.
Nice to have
- Experience with AXI/AMBA, PCIe, DRAM, Ethernet, or test and low-speed interfaces; performance and power analysis.
- Experience with advanced verification, post-silicon debug tools, lab tools, or embedded systems.
Pay
$175,000 — $215,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Palladium, Zebu, Veloce, Protium, HAPS, SystemVerilog, C++, Python
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