Emulation Engineer

About Eridu Eridu is a Silicon Valley-based hardware startup pioneering infrastructure solutions that accelerate AI data centers to deliver Faster AI . Today’s AI performance is frequently limited by communication bottlenecks. Eridu introduces multiple industry-first innovations across silicon, packaging, software, and systems to deliver an order of magnitude improvement in performance and unlock greater GPU utilization to speed training job completion times and tokens-per-second for more profitable inference. We do this while simultaneously reducing capital and power costs and improving reliability. The company’s solutions and value proposition have been widely validated by leading hyperscalers. Eridu has raised over $200M to date including its most recent, oversubscribed Series A round. The company is led by a veteran team of Silicon Valley executives who have delivered multiple billion dollar product lines and led multiple companies to billion dollar exits, including serial entrepreneur Drew Perkins, co-founder of Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), Lightera (acq. by Ciena), Gainspeed (acq. by Nokia) and Mojo Vision (the world’s leading micro-LED company). The company is in execution mode and has a world-class engineering team with decades of experience in state-of-the-art silicon, packaging, optics, software, and systems. Eridu is working with best-in-class supply chain partners including silicon, packaging and systems. Visit our website eridu.ai to learn more. Position Overview We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Emulation Engineer to join our hardware development team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building and deploying emulation and FPGA models from RTL designs using industry-standard tools and methodologies. This role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams including design, software, firmware, and validation to accelerate hardware verification and software development. Responsibilities 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 testbenches using SystemVerilog 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. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with a minimum of 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. Required Skills Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog, 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, GitLab CI) for automation and integration. Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills. Preferred Skills Experience in 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