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Ventana Micro Systems · 2 months ago

Senior Emulation Engineer

positionHybrid Remote, Austin, TX
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
date8+ years exp

Ventana Micro Systems is building high-performance RISC-V CPUs for data center, AI, and edge workloads. They are seeking a Senior Emulation Engineer to work cross-functionally on the development, debugging, and maintenance of complex system-level hybrid execution environments for pre-silicon bring-up of system software and performance benchmarking workloads.

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Responsibilities

Work cross-functionally between all pre-silicon disciplines (arch/uarch, design, DV, software, performance, emulation/prototyping)
Focus on the development, debugging, and maintenance of complex system level hybrid execution environments to enable pre-silicon bring up of system software and performance benchmarking workloads

Qualification

Commercial emulationSystemVerilogC/C++ programmingRISC-V architecturePython programmingTcl programmingFirmware knowledgeLinux OSHypervisor knowledgeCo-debug skillsCommunication skillsInitiative

Required

8+ years industry experience
Bachelor's or Master's or PhD degree in related engineering field
Ability to take initiative, work independently and across geographies
Strong domain knowledge of computer architecture

Preferred

Hands on experience with commercial emulation (Cadence Palladium, Mentor Veloce) and/or prototyping (Cadence Protium, HAPS) solutions: transactor development, virtual prototyping, implementation/enablement of flows for advanced verification techniques (assertions, coverage, UPF)
Good understanding of modern SystemVerilog for design and verification
Strong software development experience in compiled (C/C++) and interpreted (Python, Tcl) languages
Strong hardware/software co-debug skills
Exposure to isolating and reproducing silicon bugs in emulation
Hands on knowledge of firmware, OS (Linux, RTOS) and hypervisor (Xen, KVM) open source software stacks for embedded and server applications
Industry experience with CPU architectures (RISC-V, x86, armv8), coherent communication protocols and standard IO interfaces
Crisp and clear communication skills

Company

Ventana Micro Systems

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Ventana delivers high-performance RISC-V CPUs with extensible instruction sets for cloud, data center, 5G, AI, and automotive markets.
dateFounded in 2018
location
Cupertino, California, USA
people-size51-200 employees
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https://www.ventanamicro.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$98.25M
2025-12-10Acquired
2022-08-15Series Unknown· $55M
2021-09-01Series B· $38M

Leadership Team

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Greg Favor
Co-Founder and CTO
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