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Mythic · 1 day ago

Senior Silicon Emulation Engineer

Austin, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $225K/yr

Mythic is building the future of AI computing with breakthrough analog technology. They are seeking a Senior Silicon Emulation Engineer to support the development and validation of AI accelerator and AI-centric SoCs using hardware emulation platforms, ensuring functional correctness and performance analysis prior to silicon availability.

AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Computer VisionMachine LearningSemiconductorSoftware Engineering

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain emulation platforms for AI accelerator / AI-centric SoCs

Integrate large-scale RTL (compute, DMA, memory subsystems, interconnects) into emulation environments

Enable early firmware, driver, runtime, and ML stack bring-up on emulated hardware

Support execution of AI inference workloads (e.g., CNNs, transformers) on emulated Mythic accelerators

Collaborate with compiler, runtime, and ML teams to debug HW/SW co-design issues

Develop scripts and automation for emulation builds, regressions, and workload execution

Analyze performance, bandwidth utilization, latency, and throughput of AI workloads in emulation

Debug complex issues spanning RTL, firmware, drivers, and user-space ML frameworks

Support post-silicon correlation and performance validation when applicable

Document emulation flows, performance methodologies, and debug procedures

Qualification

SoC architecturesRTL simulationEmulationHardware emulation platformsScripting PythonScripting TclScripting BashLinux-based environmentsDebugging skillsNPUDSPGPU-class acceleratorsML inference workloadsAI software stacksDMA enginesAXI/AMBA protocolsFPGA prototypingPerformance modeling

Required

Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Strong understanding of SoC architectures and AI accelerator design concepts

Experience with RTL simulation and emulation (Verilog/SystemVerilog)

Familiarity with hardware emulation platforms (e.g. Cadence Palladium)

Experience working in Linux-based environments

Proficiency in scripting (Python, Tcl, Bash)

Strong debugging skills across hardware and software layers

Preferred

Experience with NPU, DSP, or GPU-class accelerators

Experience running or debugging ML inference workloads on pre-silicon platforms

Knowledge of AI software stacks (runtime, compiler, graph execution)

Familiarity with DMA engines, memory hierarchies, and high-bandwidth interconnects

Understanding of AXI/AMBA protocols and cache coherency

Experience with FPGA prototyping or hybrid emulation flows

Exposure to performance modeling or architectural trade-off analysis

Company

Mythic

Mythic develops analog matrix processors and key cards based on analog compute-in-memory.

Founded in 2012

Austin, Texas, USA

11-50 employees

https://mythic.ai

H1B Sponsorship

Mythic has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2022 (7)

2021 (4)

2020 (6)

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Total Funding

$289.65M

Key Investors

DCVCValor Equity PartnersSBVA

2025-12-17Series Unknown· $125M

2023-03-09Series Unknown· $13M

2021-05-11Series C· $70M

Leadership Team

Dave Fick

CTO & Co-Founder

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