Emulation Engineer

About Etched Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history. Key responsibilities - Oversee SoC bring-up on emulation platforms; diagnose and resolve failing SoC/processor tests. - Develop and maintain automated build and regression flows to accelerate pre-silicon validation and software development. - Provide support across emulation environments using advanced techniques including C/C++ DPI transactors, coverage analysis, and in-circuit emulation for high-speed protocols. - Collaborate closely with Design, DV, Silicon Validation, Performance, and Software teams, and partner with leading emulation vendors to enhance platform capabilities and resolve complex issues. - Develop high-performance infrastructure to capture debugging signals and surface actionable insights for users. - Implement hybrid emulation environments using custom DPI-based streaming transactors. - Create highly configurable chip-to-chip network models using emulation-efficient primitives. - Build and maintain CI pipelines and git-based workflows for emulation build reproducibility and regression tracking. You may be a good fit if you have - Hands-on experience with emulation platforms such as Palladium, Protium, Veloce, ZeBu, or HAPS, covering design bring-up, build flows, debugging, and performance tuning. - Strong C/C++ and Linux system development skills. Proficiency with SystemVerilog and Verilog, including DPI-based interfaces. - Experience with git-based development workflows and scripting (Python) for automation and flow development. Strong candidates may also have experience with - Experience with UVM verificati