Silicon Emulation Engineer, Reality Labs

Summary: Metau2019s Silicon Engineers are at the forefront of innovation, driving the design and development of silicon that power the future of human connection. Across Infrastructure, Reality Labs, and Research, our teams tackle complex challenges in wearables, data centers, and more. We bring together cross-disciplinary minds to invent, prototype, and deliver products and platforms that connect billions of people worldwide.As an engineer on our team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and validating complex silicon systems, including ASICs and SoCs. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality silicon solutions that meet the needs of our customers. Required Skills: Silicon Emulation Engineer, Reality Labs Responsibilities: 1. Assist in the development, execution, and sign-off of SoC and end-to-end system validation plans 2. Identify and communicate technical risks related to the project to stakeholders under guidance 3. Participate in silicon bring-up and validation activities 4. Understand system HW/SW/FW components as a whole and assist in driving test execution and debug with cross-functional teams 5. Collaborate with the team for lab debug, silicon bug repro, failure analysis, and failure report activities 6. Work with cross-functional teams to generate validation reports for SoC and systems 7. Adapt to changing roadmaps and validation plans based on changes in an agile environment 8. Develop emulation testbenches, deliver emulation and prototyping models, and build and execute emulation test plans 9. Drive emulation methodologies for HW verification and SW development 10. Bring up and debug interfaces such as PCIe, etc 11. Develop emulation validation components for validation efficiency in testing, debug, and automation Minimum Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: 12. Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta 13. 2+ years of hands-on experience in bring-up, debug, and validation of complex SoCs 14. Experience in high-speed protocols (e.g., MIPI, PCIe, USB, DDR) and hands-on experience in high-speed IO bring-up 15. Experience in silicon validation planning, execution, validation FW development, and validation sign-off 16. Experience using lab equipment, such as scopes, BERTs, protocol analyzers, JTAG debuggers, etc 17. Experience with building silicon validation infrastructure and test automation, in highly cross-functional environments - across multiple team sites Preferred Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: 18. 2+ years track record of delivering emulation/prototyping models from RTL onto industry-standard platforms (e.g., Synopsys/ZeBu, Cadence Palladium/Protium, Siemens/Veloce) 19. 2+ years of experience developing compilation/build flows, including experience building emulator models from scratch and troubleshooting build/compile issues 20. Proficiency in developing emulation testbenches in SystemVerilog and/or C/C++, including transactors and model integration 21. Background working on emulation methodology to accelerate both hardware verification and software development (e.g., enabling SW bring-up on emulation) 22. Bring-up and debug experience on complex SoCs implemented in pre-silicon, including high-speed interfaces such as PCIe and DDR, plus common SoC interconnect/peripheral interfaces 23. Experience developing validation components and automation to improve emulation debug/efficiency (e.g., checkers, monitors, performance tooling), including scripting in Python and/or Tcl 24. Experience architecting emulation systems across scales, from IP blocks to full SoCs to multi-chip systems, including managing multiple design drops/releases 25. Experience creating and executing emulation test plans, with a track record of improving model quality and enabling pre-silicon validation 26. Demonstrated experience building emulation tools, workflows, and infrastructure, partnering effectively with RTL, verification, validation, and software teams 27. History of u201cfirst-pass successu201d and effective debug closure across pre- and post-silicon, including reproducing/triaging silicon issues on an emulator and partnering with EDA vendors to resolve tool/platform issues Public Compensation: $114,000/year to $172,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits Industry: Internet Equal Opportunity: Meta 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, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. 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Created: 2026-03-09