FPGA Emulation Engineer - Senior Staff - Cork, Ireland

Job Overview

Join the Global SVE (System/Validation/Emulation) team at QCOM Technologies Inc, dedicated to delivering advanced solutions for the design of next generation wireless products. This role combines deep hands on expertise with cross site technical leadership, mentoring, and platform evolution.

Responsibilities

• Deliver FPGA based emulation solutions across commercial emulation platforms including FPGA prototyping, Veloce, and Palladium.
• Drive emulation build flows, including synthesis, place & route, constraints, clocking, and timing closure.
• Lead system level debug using waveforms, instrumentation, and content level analysis to support SoC bring up.
• Lead or contribute to bring up of new FPGA emulation and prototyping hardware and software.
• Collaborate closely with design, validation, software, and CAD teams across global sites.
• Engage with EDA vendors and represent the team in cross functional and executive technical forums.
• Mentor and technically lead junior engineers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of hands on experience in FPGA design, verification, emulation, or related domains.
• Strong experience with SystemVerilog/RTL/HDL.
• Hands on experience with AMD/Xilinx UltraScale, UltraScale+, MPSoC (Altera experience a plus).
• Solid understanding of FPGA implementation flows and timing closure.
• Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to work independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Applied Mathematics.
• 8+ years of experience in pre silicon emulation, prototyping, or silicon enablement environments.
• Proven experience defining and deploying uniform emulation methodologies and build/debug flows at scale.
• Experience with pre silicon SoC bring up and enablement.
• Experience debugging low level hardware and software issues.
• Familiarity with JTAG, kernel debuggers, and digital debug techniques.
• Strong understanding of CPU and SoC architectures, including interconnects, power management, PMICs, NoC, and peripherals.
• Working knowledge of power and performance trade offs.
• Experience with C/C++ programming.
• Proficiency in Python, TCL, and scripting for automation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross site initiatives and communicate effectively with senior technical stakeholders.

Benefits

• Salary, stock, and performance related bonus.
• Maternity/Paternity Leave.
• Employee stock purchase scheme.
• Matching pension scheme.
• Education Assistance.
• Relocation and immigration support (if needed).
• Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance.
• Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well being.
• Bicycle purchase scheme.
• Employee run clubs, including running, football, chess, badminton and many more.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.