Emulation Software Engineer

About the Company

Etched is building AI chips that are hard-coded for individual model architectures. Our first product (Sohu) only supports transformers, but has an order of magnitude more throughput and lower latency than a B200. We are a fully in-person team in Cupertino that values engineering skills and integrates research with engineering.

Responsibilities

• Oversee SoC bring-up on emulation platforms and resolve failing SoC/Processor tests
• Develop innovative techniques to accelerate pre-silicon validation and software development
• Provide support for emulation environments using C/C++ DPI transactors, coverage analysis, and in-circuit emulation
• Collaborate with Design, DV, Silicon Validation, Performance, and Software teams
• Develop high-performance software to capture debugging signals and create associated tooling
• Implement hybrid emulation environments using custom DPI-based streaming transactors
• Create highly configurable chip-to-chip network models using emulation-efficient primitives

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with emulation platforms such as Palladium, Protium, Veloce, or Zebu
• Experience with design bring-up, build flows, debugging, and performance tuning
• Strong experience with C/C++ and Linux system development
• Proficiency with SystemVerilog and Verilog, including DPI-based interfaces
• Practical experience with Python for automation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with UVM verification environments
• Background in design verification, DFT, and testbench modeling
• Familiarity with waveform debug tools such as Verdi or SimVision

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision packages with 100% premium coverage
• Housing subsidy of $2,000/month for those living within walking distance of the office
• Daily lunch and dinner in the office
• Relocation support for those moving to Cupertino