Bring up BIOS, firmware, and OS boot on hardware emulators for server SoC programs.
Originally posted 11 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Lead Emulation Engineer on the Server Emulation team, you will be responsible for bringing up BIOS, firmware, and OS boot on emulators, as well as verifying functional scenarios on top of UEFI BIOS boot.
What you'll do
- Develop platform emulation test plans and validate BIOS/OS boot and functional scenarios on emulators.
- Debug issues encountered across the bring-up, validation, and production phases of SoC programs.
- Track test execution across teams to ensure features are validated and optimized on schedule.
- Work with supporting technical teams and engage with software and hardware modeling frameworks.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical or computer engineering.
- Experience with emulation platforms such as Palladium, ZeBu, or Veloce.
- Experience debugging failures using emulation waveform viewers, log files, and microcode tracing.
- Practical experience in validating hardware design using emulation and applying SoC design debug methodologies.
- Working knowledge of protocols such as SPI, DDR, SATA, USB, AXI, PCI, PCIe, MIPI, WLAN, or I2C.
- Understanding of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI-driven emulation debugging.
Skills: emulation, Palladium, Zebu, Veloce, SoC debug, BIOS bring-up
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 61-day median for Design Verification roles.
Design Verification · Design Verification
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Open roles in category
1353
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Median days since first seen
61 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$185k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (1353 roles · 98 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 79 | 1353 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 266 | 3520 · 120 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 70 d | 61 d (−9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: emulation, Palladium, Zebu, Veloce, SoC debug, BIOS bring-up
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 118 open roles · median 53 d
- Apple · 112 open roles · median 14 d
- NVIDIA · 105 open roles · median 75 d
- AMD (this employer) · 84 open roles · median 71 d
- Synopsys · 74 open roles · median 55 d
- SiFive · 57 open roles · median 69 d
How we counted: 1353 open Design Verification (Design Verification) roles from 98 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.