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SOC Full Chip Emulation Engineer

Semidynamics Technology Services, S.L.

BarcelonaFirmwareFULL_TIMEPosted Sep 25, 2026
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  • Emulation
  • Cache coherency
  • PCIe
  • AMBA / AXI
  • Ethernet
Semidynamics is seeking a SOC Full Chip Emulation Engineer for our AI SOCs. You will develop emulation infrastructure and validate end-to-end scenarios including CPUs, high-speed interfaces and peripherals. We are looking for a hands-on individual contributor with a proven track record in emulation - including testbenches, transactors, emulation tests, system use cases - to ensure the highest quality before tapeout. Key Responsibilities SOC Full Chip Emulation Infrastructure • Define and establish the emulation infrastructure. • Develop and implement elastic testbenches for emulated design configurations. • Transactors for high-speed interfaces and peripherals. • Own and run CI, sanity, full regression cycles for emulation.SOC Full Chip Validation Using Emulation • Integrate and deploy emulation test suites to ensure rigorous validation. • Develop emulation tests to achieve 100% coverage of targeted system use cases. • Validate performance KPIs through emulation. • Cross Functional collaboration for early enablement of Firmware, Software teams. Must-Have • In-depth expertise with industry emulation platforms (Palladium, Zebu or Veloce) with experience in CPUs, Cache Coherency, PCIe, AXI, CHI, Ethernet, Memory protocols. • Minimum 6+ years experience having signed-off on emulation for multiple projects. • University degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.Highly Desirable • Prior experience in Platform power on and Post silicon debugWhy Semidynamics? • Work at one of Europe’s most promising deep-tech semiconductor start up - from silicon to systems - Semidynamics. • Accelerated development path. • 4 days per week in the Barcelona office (city center), 1 day WFH. • 1 week of work from everywhere in the world. • Competitive package. • A collaborative, technical, and growth-oriented environment that values direct ownership and clear thinking. Requirements

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Semidynamics Technology Services, S.L. in the RISC-V ecosystem

RISC-V International: Strategic

Semidynamics is a supplier of high bandwidth RISC-V IP cores. | Semidynamics is a fabless semiconductor company based in Barcelona, focused on advancing high-performance AI inference through next-generation processor technology.

  • Semidynamics designs fully customisable RISC-V processor IP (64-bit cores with wide vector units) in Barcelona
  • Launched Cervell, a scalable RISC-V NPU for AI workloads, positioning itself as "AI with RISC-V"
  • Ships a RISC-V SDK with ONNX Runtime support so AI models run on its cores

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