Emulation Engineer

About Eridu

Eridu is a Silicon Valley‑based hardware startup that pioneers infrastructure solutions accelerating AI data centers to deliver faster AI. Today's AI performance is often limited by communication bottlenecks. Eridu introduces industry‑first innovations across silicon, packaging, software, and systems to improve performance, unlock greater GPU utilization, speed training job completion, and increase tokens per second for more profitable inference. We also reduce capital and power costs while improving reliability.

The company’s solutions have been validated by leading hyperscalers and has raised over $200 M, including a recent oversubscribed Series A round.

We are seeking a highly skilled Emulation Engineer to join our hardware development team. The role involves building and deploying emulation and FPGA models from RTL designs, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, and accelerating hardware verification and software development.

• Develop and deliver emulation models from RTL using synthesis, partitioning, and routing tools.
• Plan and execute simulation acceleration, emulation, and prototyping activities aligned with project milestones.
• Design and implement high‑performance transactors and emulation test benches using System Verilog and C/C++/DPI.
• Drive emulation methodologies for hardware verification and software/firmware development.
• Build system‑level use cases for execution on emulators and support platform bring‑up.
• Analyze emulation results, identify performance regressions, and triage issues.
• Conduct power measurements and performance evaluations on emulation platforms.
• Maintain and enhance emulation CI infrastructure to support autonomous performance exploration.
• Collaborate with vendors to debug issues and deploy new emulation capabilities.
• Interface with design, validation, and software teams to optimize emulation environments and workflows.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 7+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Strong background in ASIC logic/RTL design and emulation model development.

• Proficiency in Verilog/System Verilog, C/C++, Python, and Unix shell scripting.
• Experience with emulation platforms such as Palladium, Veloce, Zebu, or FPGA prototyping.
• Familiarity with emulation tools and methodologies including BFMs, transactors, and hybrid environments.
• Ability to debug hardware issues using waveforms, logs, and trace dumps.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git Lab CI) for automation and integration.
• Excellent problem‑solving, debugging, and analytical skills.

• Experience building workloads for pre‑silicon environments.
• Knowledge of emulation performance optimization techniques.
• Exposure to system‑level use case development and power/performance analysis.
• Experience with computer networking protocols such as Ethernet.
• Experience with network test equipment such as Ixia/Spirent traffic generators.

At Eridu, you’ll shape the future of AI infrastructure by working with a world‑class team on groundbreaking technology. Your contributions will directly impact AI data center performance.

USD 185,000 – 250,000 per year (San Francisco Bay Area).