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# Emulation Engineer - RISC -V

- **Company:** Qualcomm
- **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $167,100.0 - $250,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** X86 Architecture, Systems Engineering, ARM Architecture, C++ (Programming Language), Communications Protocols, Computer Engineering, Computer Literacy, Software Debugging, Linux, Emulators, Firmware, Hardware Design, Hypervisor, Python (Programming Language), Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Real-Time Operating Systems, Reduced Instruction Set Computing, Software Engineering, System Software, SystemVerilog, Tcl (Programming Language), Xen Servers, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ad26e6c16b599fa7

## About the Role

* 8+ years of industry experience
 * Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a relevant engineering field
 * Strong domain knowledge of computer architectureAbility to work independently and across geographies
*

Technical Background

Emulation & Prototyping

 * Hands-on experience with commercial emulation platforms (Palladium, Mentor Veloce) and/or prototyping platforms (Protium, Primo, HAPS)
 * Expertise in transactor development, virtual prototyping, and advanced verification techniques (assertions, coverage, UPF)

Hardware Design & Verification

 * Solid understanding of modern SystemVerilog for design and verification
 * Experience isolating and reproducing silicon bugs in emulation

Software & Debug

 * Strong software development in compiled (C/C++) and interpreted (Python, Tcl) languages
 * Proven hardware/software co-debug skillsWorking knowledge of firmware, OS (Linux, RTOS), and hypervisor (Xen, KVM) stacks for embedded and server applications

Architecture & Interfaces
Familiarity with CPU architectures (RISC-V, x86, ARMv8), coherent communication protocols, and standard IO interfaces
Infrastructure & Tooling

 * Experience building and maintaining production infrastructure automation, including execution
 * pipelines and observability and reporting frameworks, * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience., Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

## Description

You will work cross-functionally across all pre-silicon disciplines - architecture, microarchitecture, design, design verification, software, performance, and emulation/prototyping - communicating clearly across teams and geographies to develop, debug, and maintain complex system-level hybrid execution
environments. These environments enable pre-silicon bring-up of system software and performance benchmarking workloads.


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