Senior FPGA/Emulation Validation Engineer

Axiado is building the future of AIpowered digital infrastructure. We are a fastgrowing, wellfunded silicon, systems, and solutions company pioneering a new category of semiconductor called the Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) that combines advanced hardware security, AIdriven resilience and efficiency, and realtime platform management. Our technology protects the world’s most critical infrastructure—from data centers to nextgeneration cloud and AI platforms—by securing systems at the foundation levels of hardware, independent of host CPUs and operating systems.

Founded in 2019 and now over 150 employees strong, Axiado has evolved into a recognized leader in the convergence of AI, security, and silicon innovation. We partner with and are actively engaged in commercial programs with multiple Tier 1 industry leaders, validating both our technology and our long-term market trajectory. Axiado has also won numerous industry awards for our ground-breaking products and technological innovations, including being named one of Fast Company’s 2025 Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Security, winning the 2025 Global InfoSec Award for Outstanding AI Security Solution, and being named a finalist for the Global Semiconductor Alliance’s 2025 “Start-Up to Watch” award.

At Axiado, developing breakthrough technology takes more than great engineering—it takes a team of exceptional people who collaborate boldly, challenge assumptions, and take pride in building what comes next. We value curiosity, execution, respect, and a shared desire to make a meaningful impact on the security and reliability of the digital world.

If you’re driven to innovate, energized by hard problems, and excited to help define the future of secure AI infrastructure, we invite you to apply and join us on this journey.

The Senior FPGA/Emulation Validation Engineer position is your opportunity to join one of the industry’s leading companies in platform security management and ransomware detection for cloud datacenters, 5G infrastructure and disaggregated compute ecosystems. You should have prior knowledge about SOC architecture, and emulation and prototyping platforms. As the Senior FPGA or Emulation Validation Engineer for Axiado, you will have the opportunity to work in design verification, debug and system integration. You will work closely with the Architecture, Verification, ASIC Design and Software teams.

Responsibilities

Help set up FPGA/Emulation platform and device modeling; Help set up FPGA/Emulation debugging tools; Help customize the SOC design for the FPGA/Emulation platform; Duties include modeling, debugging, creating and running validation tests, as well as supporting SW debugging; Work with SOC design engineers, verification, systems and software team to achieve pre-silicon emulation and prototyping goals

Requirements

Strong experience working with FPGA and Emulation platforms. Familiarity with PCIe, USB, Ethernet, SPI and other commonly used protocols in SOC ASIC designs; Strong experience working with FPGA tools likes Vivado; Good knowledge of how FW/SW works on SOC; Good communication skills; BS or MS (preferred) degree in EE/EECS/CS or equivalent.; 5 plus years of work experience