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Emulation Engineer, Hardware Prototyping (HAPS)

Etched· Software
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San Jose$150k - $350kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Emulation Engineer role focused on FPGA-based hardware prototyping (HAPS) for frontier inference systems. Own bring-up, expand platform coverage, support users, debug across FPGA boundaries, bring up interfaces, automate flows, and collaborate across engineering groups and tool vendors.

Responsibilities

  • Own HAPS bring-up. Take RTL from the design teams and get it running on the prototype — partitioning, multi-FPGA timing closure, clocking, memory mapping, and full-chip assembly.
  • Expand platform coverage. Stand up new subsystem configurations so more of the chip is available to software earlier. Each new partition you enable unblocks a team.
  • Support your users. Firmware, driver, and software engineers are your customers. You'll help them get running, triage their failures, and figure out whether the bug is theirs, the RTL's, or the platform's.
  • Debug hard problems. Trace issues across FPGA boundaries with waveform capture, protocol analyzers, and whatever tooling you have to build yourself.
  • Bring up interfaces. PCIe, Ethernet, HBM and memory models, JTAG, I2C, UART, QSPI — both the models and the physical bridges.
  • Build the flows. Automate builds, regressions, and image delivery so the platform scales past the number of people who understand it.
  • Work across the org. Design, DV, Silicon Validation, Performance, Firmware, and Software — plus direct partnership with Synopsys on tool issues and platform capability.

Qualifications

  • Hands-on FPGA prototyping experience — HAPS, Protium, proFPGA, S2C, or similar — covering partitioning, synthesis, timing closure, bring-up, and debug.
  • Strong SystemVerilog and Verilog, with a working understanding of what synthesizes well for FPGA and what doesn't.
  • Solid C/C++ and Linux system development.
  • Scripting fluency for automation — Python, TCL, shell.
  • Comfort debugging failures you didn't cause, in code you didn't write, for users who need an answer today.

Skills

Required:FPGA prototypingSystemVerilog / VerilogC/C++Python / TCL / Shell scripting

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
  • $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
  • Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for those living within walking distance of the office
  • Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
  • Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
  • Daily lunch and dinner in our office
  • Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Etched is building frontier inference clusters: co-designs chips, racks, software and manufacturing to push the pareto frontier for AI hardware.

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