Senior / Lead Hardware Emulation Engineer (ZeBu Specialist)

N2P Systems is seeking an experienced Senior / Lead Hardware Emulation Engineer (ZeBu Specialist) to join our enterprise technology delivery team in Sunnyvale, CA, USA. At N2P Systems, you will put 10+ years of hands-on experience with Synopsys ZeBu, Hardware Emulation and Model Compilation to work on mission-critical enterprise systems. This is an existing contract, hybrid vacancy with N2P Systems.

We are seeking a highly skilled Hardware Emulation Engineer with 10–15 years of experience for a long-term C2C contract engagement in Sunnyvale, CA. Deep hands-on experience with the Synopsys ZeBu emulation platform is strongly preferred. You will be responsible for bringing up large-scale SoC designs on emulators, optimizing compile/runtime flows, enabling hybrid co-emulation, and accelerating pre-silicon software bring-up.

N2P Systems uses AI to help screen and assess applications for this role. N2P Systems is an enterprise technology consulting and digital solutions firm operating across Canada, the United States and India.

Key Responsibilities:

• Emulation Bring-Up & Build: Lead model compilation, synthesis, automated partitioning, and memory mapping of complex RTL designs onto Synopsys ZeBu hardware platforms.

• Transactor & Model Integration: Build and deploy synthesizable testbenches, speed adapters, DPI transactors, and hybrid co-emulation interfaces (virtual/hybrid models with C/C++/SystemC).

• Pre-Silicon Software Enablement: Enable early firmware, driver, and OS bring-up on emulation models prior to silicon tape-out.

• Debug & Performance Optimization: Troubleshoot emulation compilation errors, hardware runtime failures, and system-level bugs using wave captures (zFast, Verdi) and hardware trace logs.

• Flow & Automation Engineering: Develop regression pipelines, automated build systems, and performance tuning tools to maximize emulator execution speeds (MHz range).

• Vendor & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with DV, RTL, Architecture, SW teams, and EDA vendor applications engineers (Synopsys AE) to resolve tool and platform bottlenecks.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Education: B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field.

• Experience: 10–15 years dedicated to hardware emulation, FPGA prototyping, or hardware-assisted verification.

• Emulation Platforms: Hands-on mastery of Synopsys ZeBu (ZeBu Server/ZS series) compilation, runtime, and debug infrastructure.

• Languages & Methodologies: Proficient in Verilog/SystemVerilog, SVA, C/C++, and DPI integration.

• Scripting: Advanced proficiency in Python, Perl, Tcl, and Shell scripting for build and regression automation.

• SoC Knowledge: Strong foundation in computer architecture, memory controllers, interconnects, and high-speed interfaces.

• Engagement Terms (C2C)

• Valid Corp-to-Corp entity (S-Corp, C-Corp, or LLC) required.

• Candidate must be located in or willing to work on-site/hybrid in Sunnyvale, CA.