FPGA Emulation Application Engineer
📌Sunnyvale, United States 🇺🇸
⏱︎ full-time
🧙♂️ senior
At Synopsys, we drive the innovations that shape the way we live and connect. Our technology is central to the Era of Pervasive Intelligence, from self-driving cars to learning machines. We lead in chip design, verification, and IP integration, empowering the creation of high-performance silicon chips and software content. Join us to transform the future through continuous technological innovation. Our Silicon Design & Verification business is dedicated to building high-performance silicon chips faster than ever before, enabling customers to optimize for power, cost, and performance—eliminating months off project schedules and powering the Era of Smart Everything.
You Are:
You are a passionate, results-driven engineer with a strong background in FPGA-based prototyping and emulation of complex SoCs. You thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and are motivated by solving real-world technical challenges. Your experience spans both hands-on hardware and software, and you possess a deep understanding of the intricacies involved in ASIC to FPGA RTL preparation. You excel at bridging the gap between customer needs and cutting-edge technology, and you’re known for your ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
You are eager to engage directly with customers, helping them prototype multi-million gate ASIC designs and supporting them through every phase—from product evaluation to post-sale success. You take pride in developing training materials and application notes that share your expertise and empower others. You bring a creative and analytical mindset to problem-solving, always looking for ways to innovate and improve the quality of results in the tools you work with.
Your technical acumen is matched by your interpersonal skills—you’re a natural collaborator, able to work effectively with internal teams and external partners. You value inclusion and diversity, and you’re committed to fostering a welcoming environment for all. You are ready to travel when needed and embrace new challenges in the rapidly evolving world of chip design and verification.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Providing pre-sale and post-sale support for Synopsys’s Zebu-based Emulation products, including EP1/EP2/Zebu 200 hardware and software tools.
- Collaborating with customers to Emulate complex, multi-million gate ASIC designs and resolve technical challenges throughout the evaluation and deployment process.
- Acting as a subject matter expert for FPGA-based emulation solutions, supporting product evaluations and addressing support issues in a timely manner.
- Developing and publishing application notes, training materials, and technical articles based on customer experiences and best practices.
- Contributing to tool and flow improvements by proposing new features and enhancing the quality of results for the Zebu platform.
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Occasionally traveling to customer sites to facilitate product deployments, troubleshoot technical issues, and deliver hands-on support.
- Empowering top chip design companies to accelerate SoC validation and software development for smart devices, network equipment, and medical instrumentation.
- Reducing costly ASIC re-spins and helping customers meet critical market windows by catching bugs early in the emulation phase.
- Improving customer satisfaction and success through expert support, training, and technical guidance.
- Driving adoption and enhancement of Synopsys’s industry-leading Verification Continuum™ platform and Zebu emulation solutions.
- Shaping the future of hardware verification by contributing to the development of robust, innovative emulation workflows.
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Fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration within Synopsys and the broader semiconductor community.
- BS degree with minimum 8 years of relevant experience in FPGA prototyping/emulation of complex SoCs.
- Hands-on expertise with FPGA-based prototyping/emulation and a strong grasp of ASIC to FPGA RTL preparation challenges.
- Solid understanding of digital design, VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, synthesis, simulation, and FPGA architectures (e.g., Xilinx Ultrascale+).
- Proficiency in FPGA-based design debug, including timing constraint management and troubleshooting.
- Experience with scripting languages such as TCL and Python to automate design and debug tasks.
- Knowledge of design, verification, post-silicon bring-up, and validation processes.
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Familiarity with ARM buses, display controllers/interfaces, and industry standards (MIPI, HDMI, USB, PCIe, SATA) is a plus.
- Analytical thinker with a creative approach to problem-solving.
- Effective communicator, able to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborative team player who thrives in diverse, inclusive environments.
- Customer-focused, with a proactive and responsive attitude.
- Adaptable and willing to travel to customer sites as needed.
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Committed to continuous learning and professional growth.
You’ll join Synopsys’s Customer Success Group, specifically the Zebu EP1/EP2/Zebu 200 Application Engineering team. This highly skilled group acts as the technical backbone for our FPGA-based emulation products, supporting customers through evaluations, deployments, and ongoing success. The team collaborates closely with R&D, product management, and field engineering to deliver best-in-class solutions and drive innovation in the verification space.
Rewards and Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
@ Embedd 
What we're looking for
At embedd.it, we power hardware-software integration in embedded devices. We turn fragmented semiconductor chip data into configurable digital twins, then deterministically generate code, tests, and documentation – making integration faster, cheaper, and resilient to supply chain shocks.
We’re looking for a true legend – someone with abstract thinking and deep expertise in low-level software development. You’ll build vendor-agnostic tooling for MCU and peripheral integration to solve hardware-software integration once and for all. We work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generation, compilers, and machine learning. It’s your chance to help redefine how low-level development is done.
Responsibilities
- Drive the architecture of the driver structures and system layout
- Define scalable patterns for cross-architectural integration across bare-metal, Zephyr, Linux, and other environments
- Deconstruct complex SoC device trees and translate hardware descriptions into structured internal models for automated reasoning
- Partner with the ML team to shape data and annotation models for AI-driven data-extraction tooling
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in embedded systems development, including bare-metal and RTOS-based systems
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Familiarity with firmware configuration, SoC bring-up, and system-level debugging
- Hands-on experience with code generation tools, or low-level compiler/decompiler/emulator technologies
- Strong background in embedded toolchains: compilers, linkers, debuggers, and build systems
- Python or scripting for automation and tooling is a plus
- Experience with functional-safety standards is a plus
Why embedd.it?
- Dynamic, venture-backed team of engineers challenging the status quo 🚀
- Work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generators, compilers, and ML 🤖
- Unusual challenges requiring out-of-the-box abstract thinking 🧠
- Competitive compensation: cash + equity 💰
- Remote work possible 🌍
About Us
embedd.it is a UK-based startup reinventing embedded development. Our platform transforms unstructured semiconductor data into structured digital twins, enabling automatic generation of drivers, tests, and documentation. We're building a single, traceable source of truth to make integration fast, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof.
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