Principal FPGA Emulation Engineer

Job overview

The Principal FPGA Emulation Engineer role is listed in Austin, TX; the posting does not specify a work arrangement. Compensation is not specified. Renesas Electronics develops semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT applications. The engineer builds and owns FPGA-based platforms to emulate mixed-signal power ASICs before silicon. The work validates digital, mixed-signal, and power-control architectures, helps identify RTL issues before tape-out, and provides technical leadership across silicon and systems teams.

What you'll do

• Partner with RTL and DSP architects to bring ASIC designs onto FPGA
• adapt RTL while preserving functional equivalence
• map designs to FPGA resources and meet emulation performance needs
• build real-time environments for analog and power-stage interfaces
• develop debug and visibility tools
• improve emulation methodology and automation using TCL and Python
• mentor engineers and lead technical reviews.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

principal engineer

fpga emulation

fpga prototyping

austin tx

renesas electronics

asic rtl

systemverilog

vhdl

mixed-signal

power control

tcl

python

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• The posting mentions a competitive benefits package
• details are provided during the hiring process.

Why this role

The role focuses on pre-silicon FPGA emulation and prototyping, including real-time or near-real-time validation and deep debug visibility.

About the employer

Renesas Electronics is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.