Rambus, a premier chip and silicon IP provider, is seeking to hire an exceptional new college graduate to join our SOC team within the Memory Interface group in San Jose, CA. Candidates will be joining some of the brightest inventors and engineers in the world to develop products that make data faster and safer.  

As an Associate Member of Technical Staff (AMTS) in Emulation Engineering, the candidate will be reporting to Manager Emulation Engineering and is a Full-Time position. We are looking for a talented engineer to join our dynamic and multi-disciplinary team focused on the emulation of our CXL memory products. The candidate needs to be deeply hands-on and capable of working independently and in a highly collaborative team of experienced emulation engineers. In this role you will help to contribute the development of emulation infrastructure, architecture, and methodologies as well as executing emulation build plans, compiling and making emulation builds, bring-up the SoC on the emulator, and execute the emulation testing. As an Emulation Engineer you will gain experience with processor-memory interfaces, including CXL and DDR topologies and protocols, as well as system level end to end testing of complex SoCs. The candidate will need to have strong organization, communication, teamwork, and debugging skills. 

Responsibilities

• Developing emulation scripts, infrastructure, processes, and test architectures 
• Executing the emulation build for the SoC  
• Compiling / generating emulation builds 
• Writing RTL to connect the SoC and build on the emulator 
• Debugging initial build and SoC on the emulator 
• Work with multiple cross-functional teams such as the Validation and FW groups 
• Executing emulation test plan and debugging test and SoC issues 
• Develop scripts for automating build and test execution 
• Test and debug of emulation infrastructure IP 
• Bring up and configuration of emulation lab HW 

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science. 
• Fast learner with interest in FPGA/ASIC design, SOC architecture, silicon debug, and system level testing 
• Must be a team player, working well with other engineers and circuit/logic/system designers 
• Good troubleshooting and debug skills 
• Knowledge of at least one scripting language: Python, TCL, CSH, Beanshell 
• Knowledge of at least one HDL: Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL 
• Knowledge of Red Hat Linux or similar OS environments 
• Knowledge of Cadence based emulation systems is an asset 
• Knowledge of processor / memory system architecture is an asset 
• Experience with bring-up and debug of PCIe / CXL is an asset 
• Experience with DDR4 and/or DDR5 is an asset 

About Rambus 

With 30 years of innovation and semiconductor expertise, Rambus leads the industry with products and solutions speed performance, expand capacity and improve security for today's most demanding applications. From data center and edge to artificial intelligence and automotive, our interface and security IP, and memory interface chips enable SoC and system designers to deliver their vision of the future.  

Rambus offers a competitive compensation package including base salary, bonus, equity, matching 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, comprehensive medical and dental benefits, time-off program and gym membership. 

The US salary range for this full-time position is $77,900 to $144,700.  Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location and market conditions.

   
Rambus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.  

Rambus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may let us know in the application. 

For more information about Rambus, visit rambus.com. For additional information on life at Rambus and our current openings, check out rambus.com/careers/.