Emulation Engineer, Hardware Prototyping (HAPS)
Etched · San Jose
CHECKED 8H AGO
Infrastructureonsite$150k–$275k
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