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Emulation Operations Engineer

Google

Location

Sunnyvale, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

10/15/2026

Compensation

$138,000 - $197,000 per year

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
Master's with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202698.4% approval-14% YoY
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Job description

The Emulation Operations Engineer role at Google involves maintaining and improving systems within the emulation lab, focusing on IT infrastructure management and cloud systems design. The team is dedicated to developing custom silicon solutions that enhance Google's consumer products. This position requires expertise in emulation CAD operations and aims to drive efficiencies through innovative techniques, including AI tooling. The engineer will play a crucial role in ensuring optimal performance and smooth operations of the lab's infrastructure.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3 years of experience with emulation CAD operations.
  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science is preferred.
  • 6 years of experience with emulation CAD operations is preferred.
  • Experience in IT infrastructure management and Cloud systems design, preferably in an emulation lab or high-performance computing environment.
  • Experience writing code (e.g., Python, Bash) to automate monitoring and data analysis.
  • Proficiency with batch job schedulers such as Slurm, LSF, or PBS.
  • Basic knowledge of Emulation/FPGA compilation and runtime flows.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, maintain and automate the IT infrastructure for the emulation lab, including servers, storage, networking equipment, and workstations.
  • Explore and implement novel emulation workflows and methodologies including data transfer, schedulers and automated end-to-end regression flows.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and monitor production distributed computing infrastructure, troubleshooting advanced technical issues within a Linux environment.
  • Manage relationships with vendors for hardware, software, and support contracts.
  • Automate systems management with code.

Benefits

  • Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Google Llc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

908

FY2026

Approval rate

98.4%

FY2026

LCA certified

4,273

FY2026

Entry-level share

0.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-14%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-51%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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