Senior/Staff Emulation Engineer (AI)

Location: Israel; hybrid

Salary: $160,000–$275,000 for early career, $175,000–$400,000 for mid career, or $250,000–$600,000 for senior career, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops vertically integrated hardware and software solutions, from silicon to systems, for training and running large machine-learning workloads for AGI.

What you will do

• Define and execute emulation strategies and test plans for complex connectivity SoCs.
• Bring up and debug large-scale models on Cadence Palladium, Zebu, or Veloce platforms.
• Integrate SpeedBridge, VirtualBridge, Accelerated VIP, memory models, and custom transactors for PCIe, HBM4, Ethernet, AXI/AMBA, JTAG, and QSPI.
• Develop HW/SW co-emulation and co-simulation flows using RTL, reference models, firmware, and software tests.
• Build reusable transactors, agents, stubs, bridges, checkers, acceleration flows, and automation for regression triage and engineering productivity.
• Optimize emulation speed and resource utilization, and develop LLM-based tools for log analysis, waveform triage, debug assistance, and flow generation.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with SoC emulation or system-level validation, including experience with at least one commercial emulation platform.
• Working knowledge of Verilog/SystemVerilog and waveform debugging sufficient to develop custom transactors or agents; deep RTL design expertise is not required.
• Strong Python and software automation skills, plus one or more of C, C++, Rust, Tcl, or shell.
• Demonstrated ability to build tools and infrastructure rather than only run existing flows.
• Strong system-level debugging across RTL, firmware, and software.
• Ability to work independently and across architecture, RTL, DV, SoC, firmware, driver, kernel, validation, and EDA/vendor teams.

Nice to have

• UVM or hybrid SoC testbench development and integration of cycle-accurate, software, or reference models into emulation/DV flows.
• Rust verification or emulation experience, Bazel or large-scale build and regression systems, and reusable stimulus across simulation, emulation, and post-silicon.
• AI/LLM experience building engineering tools beyond chat prompting.
• Experience with connectivity SoCs, PCIe/CXL, Ethernet, DMA, HBM or memory subsystems, chiplets, or interconnect fabrics.
• Firmware or driver bring-up on emulation platforms and scaling verification infrastructure across multiple projects or product lines.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time hybrid role with four weeks of accrued PTO, 12 company holidays, and up to three weeks of remote work.
• Company-subsidized medical, dental, vision, life, HSA, FSA, disability, and travel insurance.
• Roth or pre-tax 401(k) with a 5% company contribution, professional development budget, and home-office setup support.
• Onsite team meals, commute reimbursement, cell and internet reimbursements, and flexible employee perks.
• Paid parental leave, pregnancy disability leave, flexible return-to-work hours, family support funding, and paid mental-health benefits.
• Employment is contingent on the ability to perform the role in compliance with U.S. export control laws without obtaining an export-control license.