FPGA Prototype/Emulation Engineer

GlobalFoundries

Staff Engineer in FPGA prototyping and emulation at GlobalFoundries, contributing to high-quality SoC solutions across silicon-to-software lifecycle.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timePune • 🇮🇳 IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

LinuxPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and enhance FPGA and emulation platform solutions for single-core and multi-core clusters, integrating custom and 3rd party system IP as needed.
Perform pre-silicon CPU and system validation using FPGA and hardware emulation platforms to ensure functional correctness and performance targets are met.
Analyze system performance on FPGA platforms and help optimize for area and speed by effectively leveraging available FPGA resources.
Drive the development of tailored FPGA prototyping platforms based on customer specifications and evolving project requirements.
Collaborate closely with customer teams to enable rapid prototyping of their SoCs, supporting both hardware evaluation and software development needs.
Develop, document, and execute pre-silicon validation test plans, including corner cases, integration scenarios, and debug strategies.
Integrate, verify, and bring up daughter boards, custom IP, and peripheral modules in real-time device environments.
Provide technical support and troubleshooting for FPGA systems in both customer-facing and internal R&D environments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3–5 years of hands-on experience with leading FPGA platforms such as proFPGA, VPS, and Veloce
Strong understanding of FPGA architecture, system-level design, and prototyping flow from RTL to implementation
Strong understanding of verification and validation fundamentals, including debug of complex system-level issues
Hands-on experience with integrating and bringing up daughter cards, custom IP blocks, and peripherals at the board and system level
Familiarity with SoC boot flows and platform initialization for ARM- or RISC-V-based architectures
Working knowledge of MIPS, ARM, or RISC-V based IP subsystems and their integration within FPGA platforms
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in both Windows and Linux environments
Proficient in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and TCL to automate design, build, and validation flows
Experience with industry-standard digital design tools such as Vivado

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal opportunity employer
Diverse and inclusive workforce

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Hard Skills & Tools

FPGA designFPGA architecturesystem-level designprototyping flowverification fundamentalsvalidation fundamentalsdebuggingscripting (Python, Bash, TCL)digital design tools (Vivado)SoC boot flows

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcollaborationtechnical supporttroubleshooting