About this role
Salary: £65,000 - 105,000 per year
Requirements: Proven commercial experience with QEMU, specifically configuring and networking emulated ARM Cortex-A53/R5 cores, and RTL simulatorsStrong proficiency in Docker for standardizing complex toolchain environments, including injecting Vitis Core Development Kits and PetaLinuxAdvanced Python programming for orchestrating tests, hardware interactions, and CI/CD automationStrong understanding of Linux OS internals, memory-mapped I/O, and driver-stack loading in embedded environments Responsibilities: Design and maintain a reproducible hardware emulation environment utilizing PetaLinux toolchainsWrap the entire emulation stack in Docker to ensure environmental consistency across developer workstations and automated CI/CD pipelines (GitLab/Jenkins)Utilize the AMD fork of QEMU to boot functional PetaLinux images, modeling specific peripherals, boot sequences, and memory mapsBridge QEMU (PS) with RTL simulators like Vivado XSIM (PL) via Remote Port / Transaction Level Modeling (TLM) to validate custom logic alongside the software stackDevelop robust testbenches and automation scripts using Python, leveraging XRT bindings or PYNQ, to load hardware overlays, inject test vectors into emulated hardware, and assert correctness Technologies: ARMCI/CDDockerEmbeddedGitLabHardwareJenkinsLinuxPythonQEMU More:
Our client is an international semiconductor company.
last updated 39 week of 2026