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Emulation Engineer, Hardware Prototyping (HAPS)

Etched · San Jose

CHECKED 8H AGO

Infrastructureonsite$150k–$275k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own HAPS bring-up from RTL to firmware boot and unblock software teams early.
  • Build self-service prototyping flows so users run images without support.
  • Instrument deep trace capture across FPGA partitions for faster debug.

What they offer

  • Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
  • $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
  • $2,500 per month housing subsidy for those living within walking distance
  • Relocation support to San Jose (Santana Row)
  • Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
  • Daily lunch and dinner in office
  • Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Hands-on prototyper who loves bringing up complex systems and unblocking others. You thrive debugging unfamiliar failures, automating flows, and partnering across hardware and software teams.

Requirements

  • Hands-on FPGA prototyping experience covering partitioning, synthesis, timing closure, bring-up and debug
  • Strong SystemVerilog and Verilog with understanding of FPGA synthesis
  • Solid C/C++ and Linux system development
  • Scripting fluency for automation with Python, TCL and shell
  • Comfort debugging failures in unfamiliar code for urgent users
  • Experience with ProtoCompiler, Vivado or Synopsys prototyping flows
  • Firmware, driver or bootloader bring-up experience on pre-silicon platforms
  • Experience with emulation platforms such as ZeBu, Palladium or Veloce
remote policy
Fully in-person in San Jose

Lab profile

About Etched

Building specialized AI chips and systems for frontier inference with best-in-class throughput and latency.

What they build

  • Sohu AI inference chip
  • AI racks and hardware systems
  • Inference software stack

Known for

  • Full-stack co-design of chips, racks, software and manufacturing
  • Best-in-class throughput and latency for prefill and decode
  • Inference-optimized architecture

Key facts

  • Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors
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