I am looking for a reality check. I have 10 years experience doing software verification on EDA tools, in particular hardware emulators, System Verilog, and VHDL. When looking at some job ads I see "required 6+ years ASIC verification experience", can any of my 10 years experience be converted? I firmly believe with the continued use of RTL coding for designs, SW quality methods can be applied. Am I deluding myself?
All other requirements like "strong Verilog, Perl, and C++ programming skills" or "emulation experience" I meet. I am not sure how my years verifying synthesis and emulation tools can be translated for ASIC verification experience.