AI/ML Hardware Architect, Cloud, Silicon

Google; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,800,000 - 6,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Google’s AI and Infrastructure team is advancing custom silicon for the future of its products. You will help define architecture across compute blocks and ensure high performance, efficiency, and seamless hardware/software integration for hyperscale systems.

The role encompasses collaboration with hardware, software, compiler, ML research teams to deliver scalable AI accelerators and data-center solutions that power billions of Google users worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in EE/CE/CS or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in architecture/microarchitecture design for graphics, ML, or related areas.
• Experience with memory hierarchy, memory controllers, HBM and DRAM technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop architecture specifications for AI/ML roadmap and power/performance models.
• Partner with hardware, software, compiler, ML model and research teams for co-design.
• Create high performance hardware/software interfaces.
• Collaborate with software, verification, emulation, physical design, packaging and silicon validation stakeholders.
• Own microarchitecture of compute blocks and subsystems; drive power, performance and area improvements.

Skills

C++

Python

System architecture

Hardware/software co-design

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/CS or related field

Master's or PhD in EE/CE/CS with emphasis on architecture

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in any one of the following areas: architecture and micro-architecture design of graphics, Machine Learning (ML), or managing low-precision or mixed-precision numerics, vector processors, DSP processors, or architecting networking ASICs.
• Experience in memory hierarchy, memory controllers, HBM, and DRAM technologies.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
• Experience working with software teams optimizing the hardware/software interface.
• Experience in estimating performance by analysis, modeling, and network simulation in defining and driving performance test plans.
• Experience in programming languages (e.g., C++, Python).
• Knowledge of arithmetic units, bus architectures, accelerators or memory hierarchies and high performance and low power design techniques.

About The Job

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what's possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Develop architecture specifications that meet current and future computing requirements for AI/ML roadmap. Develop architectural and microarchitectural power/performance models, microarchitecture and evaluate quantitative and qualitative performance and power analysis.
• Partner with hardware design, software, compiler, Machine Learning (ML) model and research teams for effective hardware/software co-design, creating high performance hardware/software interfaces. Evaluate different silicon solutions for executing Google's data center Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerator roadmap, components, vendor co-developments, custom designs and chiplets.
• Create high performance hardware/software interfaces.
• Collaborate with software, verification, emulation, physical design, packaging and silicon validation stakeholders to ensure designs are complete, correct and performant.
• Own microarchitecture of compute blocks and subsystems. Identify and drive power, performance and area improvements for the modules owned. Develop and contribute to the simulations tools.

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