Design Verification Lead, Google Cloud

Google Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Inc. in Bengaluru is seeking a skilled verification engineer to lead the full verification life cycle of custom silicon solutions. You will contribute to products that enhance hardware experiences while ensuring AI/ML performance and accuracy on TPUs.

Responsibilities include planning verification, leading chip engineers, and collaborating across teams. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in hardware verification, design methodologies, and team leadership.

The role requires English proficiency and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in hardware verification languages and methodologies.
• Experience in chip design flow and leading design verification teams.
• Experience creating detailed design verification strategies.

Responsibilities

• Plan and verify digital design blocks via specification understanding.
• Lead chip engineering team and manage tasks and reviews.
• Develop code for critical verification features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for project decisions.

Skills

Hardware verification languages (System Verilog/Specman)

Design verification methodologies

Chip design flow

Leading design verification teams

Performance verification of ASICs

Verification techniques and life cycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Master's degree or PhD in related field

Job description

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with hardware verification languages (System Verilog/Specman), design verification methodologies, and chip design flow.
• Experience creating detailed chip or subsystem design verification strategies and plans.
• Experience leading design verification teams through the full cycle, from concept to delivery.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
• Experience verifying digital systems using standard IP components/interconnects (e.g., microprocessor cores, hierarchical memory subsystems).
• Experience with verification techniques and the full verification life cycle.
• Experience with performance verification of ASICs and ASIC components.
• Experience with ASIC standard interfaces and memory system architecture.
• Experience with multiple SOC projects/cycles in three or more products.

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.

In this role, you will own the full verification life-cycle from verification planning and test execution to coverage closure, with an emphasis on meeting stringent AI/ML performance and accuracy goals, build constrained-random verification environments capable of exposing corner‑case bugs and ensuring the reliability of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) workloads on Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) hardware. You will collaborate closely with design and verification engineers in active projects and perform verification.

Responsibilities

• Plan the verification of digital design blocks by fully understanding the design specification and interacting with design engineers to identify important verification scenarios.
• Lead a team of chip engineers, plan tasks, allocate people, and hold verification design/code reviews.
• Perform code development for critical verification features and capabilities.
• Work closely with system, software, design, and physical implementation stakeholders to make technical decisions and represent project status throughout the development process.
• Lead design verification efforts and work with external and internal partners.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire.

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.