Role

Provide technical leadership for FPGA-based SoC prototyping and emulation, with primary ownership of complex multi-FPGA prototyping, partitioning, FPGA implementation, timing closure, board bring-up and system-level debug. Drive FPGA emulator-based validation using platforms such as HAPS-100, ZeBu and Veloce, while establishing methodologies, automation and optimization strategies to improve capacity, performance, debug efficiency and pre-silicon validation TAT. Serve as the technical authority and escalation point for complex FPGA prototyping and emulation challenges.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end FPGA prototyping and emulation of complex SoC/ASIC designs, covering RTL readiness, synthesis, partitioning, P&R;, bitfile generation, hardware bring-up, validation and system-level debug.
- Own and drive multi-FPGA prototyping for large and complex SoC designs using platforms such as HAPS, Protium and other FPGA-based prototyping systems, with robust focus on capacity, performance and scalability.
- Drive emulator-based validation on platforms such as ZeBu and Veloce, including model bring-up, compilation, partitioning, debug, performance optimization and integration with DV/SV/FW environments.
- Provide technical leadership in selecting and optimizing the appropriate FPGA prototyping vs. emulator strategy based on design size, debug requirements, performance, software execution and validation objectives.
- Lead multi-FPGA partitioning and interconnect optimization, addressing FPGA resource utilization, pin multiplexing, routing congestion,



cross-FPGA communication and partition-level timing challenges.
- Own FPGA timing closure for complex multi-clock SoCs, including clock architecture analysis, clock/reset adaptation, constraint development, timing analysis and resolution of critical timing paths.
- Lead FPGA board bring-up and system integration, including clocks, resets, JTAG, memories and key interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, MDIO, PCIe and other SoC interfaces.
- Drive prototype/emulator model bring-up and debug, using FPGA probes, waveform/debug tools and hardware/software correlation to identify issues across RTL, FPGA implementation, hardware and firmware.
- Analyze RTL-to-netlist implementation, identify synthesis and implementation challenges, and work with RTL/design teams on modifications required for successful FPGA prototyping and emulation.
- Optimize synthesis and P&R; flows to improve FPGA QoR, timing, utilization and build/compile turnaround time.
- Define and establish FPGA prototyping and emulation methodologies, flows and best practices to improve model bring-up, debug efficiency and overall pre-silicon validation TAT.
- Lead evaluation of next-generation FPGA prototyping and emulation platforms, assessing capacity,



performance, compile time, debug capability, scalability and suitability for future SoC programs.
- Drive tool and flow validation across FPGA synthesis, P&R; and prototyping/emulation environments, working closely with EDA/tool development teams on new features, stability and performance improvements.
- Develop automation and productivity solutions using TCL/Perl/Python to automate FPGA builds, partition analysis, regression, QoR extraction, timing analysis, log analysis and result correlation.
- Establish metrics and continuously optimize FPGA build time, emulation compile time, runtime performance, resource utilization, timing, capacity and overall prototyping/emulation turnaround time.
- Serve as the technical escalation point for complex FPGA prototyping and emulation issues, driving root-cause analysis and resolution across FPGA, RTL, tools, hardware and software domains.
- Collaborate closely with Architecture, Design, DV, SV, Firmware, Software, Board and EDA teams to ensure smooth transition from RTL to FPGA prototype/emulator and accelerate pre-silicon validation.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers in FPGA architecture, multi-FPGA partitioning, synthesis/P&R;, timing closure, board bring-up, emulator flows and debug methodologies.
- Drive technical reviews with senior stakeholders, providing status, technical risks, dependencies, mitigation plans and execution strategy for major FPGA prototyping and emulation programs.

📌 Lead Engineer - Emulation (Bengaluru)
🏢 Larsen u0026 Toubro
📍 Bengaluru