Pre-Silicon Validation Engineer

IndiaFull-timePosted Aug 7, 2026

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 6+ years

Location: India
JobType: full-time

Requirements

Required Skills

  • 6+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC emulation, pre-silicon validation, or verification
  • Strong hands-on experience with *Cadence Palladium* emulation platforms (XP, Z1, Z2, or Z3)
  • Deep understanding of Palladium compilation/build flows, including advanced clocking, ICE (In-Circuit Emulation), and Virtual Interface (VIF) flows
  • Good to have in RTL languages: Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL
  • Strong programming skills in SystemC, C/C++ for transactor development and reference modeling
  • Expertise in scripting languages: Python, TCL, Perl, and Shell
  • Experience with debugging tools and debugger interfaces (Lauterbach, JTAG, Coresight/UltraSoC)
  • Knowledge of SoC architectures (ARM/x86) and standard protocols: PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, AXI, USB, SPI

Good-to-Have

  • Experience with additional emulation platforms such as ZeBu, Veloce, or Protium
  • Experience with FPGA prototyping (HAPS, Xilinx)
  • UVM verification experience and simulation regression debug
  • Experience with networking ASICs, Ethernet, RDMA, RoCE, or AI fabrics
  • Exposure to firmware validation, embedded software bring-up

Must-have skills

Silicon Validation, Palladium, ASIC/SOC Emulation

Good-to-have skills

Zebu, Veloce, Protium

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