*Required Skills*
6+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC emulation, pre-silicon validation, or verification
Strong hands-on experience with *Cadence Palladium* emulation platforms (XP, Z1, Z2, or Z3)
Deep understanding of Palladium compilation/build flows, including advanced clocking, ICE (In-Circuit Emulation), and Virtual Interface (VIF) flows
Good to have in RTL languages: Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL
Strong programming skills in SystemC, C/C++ for transactor development and reference modeling
Expertise in scripting languages: Python, TCL, Perl, and Shell
Experience with debugging tools and debugger interfaces (Lauterbach, JTAG, Coresight/UltraSoC)
Knowledge of SoC architectures (ARM/x86) and standard protocols: PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, AXI, USB, SPI
*Good-to-Have*
Experience with additional emulation platforms such as ZeBu, Veloce, or Protium
Experience with FPGA prototyping (HAPS, Xilinx)
UVM verification experience and simulation regression debug
Experience with networking ASICs, Ethernet, RDMA, RoCE, or AI fabrics
Exposure to firmware validation, embedded software bring-up