Pre-Silicon Validation Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 6+ years

Location: India
JobType: full-time

Required Skills

• 6+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC emulation, pre-silicon validation, or verification
• Strong hands-on experience with *Cadence Palladium* emulation platforms (XP, Z1, Z2, or Z3)
• Deep understanding of Palladium compilation/build flows, including advanced clocking, ICE (In-Circuit Emulation), and Virtual Interface (VIF) flows
• Good to have in RTL languages: Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL
• Strong programming skills in SystemC, C/C++ for transactor development and reference modeling
• Expertise in scripting languages: Python, TCL, Perl, and Shell
• Experience with debugging tools and debugger interfaces (Lauterbach, JTAG, Coresight/UltraSoC)
• Knowledge of SoC architectures (ARM/x86) and standard protocols: PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, AXI, USB, SPI

Good-to-Have

• Experience with additional emulation platforms such as ZeBu, Veloce, or Protium
• Experience with FPGA prototyping (HAPS, Xilinx)
• UVM verification experience and simulation regression debug
• Experience with networking ASICs, Ethernet, RDMA, RoCE, or AI fabrics
• Exposure to firmware validation, embedded software bring-up

Must-have skills

Silicon Validation, Palladium, ASIC/SOC Emulation

Good-to-have skills

Zebu, Veloce, Protium