Silicon Validation Engineer, Google Cloud

Google Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 7,626,310 - 11,439,465; Full time

Job summary

Google Inc. is seeking a Silicon Validation Engineer for its Cloud division in Bengaluru, India. This role involves designing and building validation systems for cutting-edge hardware.

The ideal candidate will need a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least 4 years of experience in silicon validation. Responsibilities include executing post-silicon tests and debugging cross-functional issues in a complex environment.

Join Google to work on hardware solutions that support innovative AI and Infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 4 years of experience with functional tests for silicon validation or developing/validating firmware.
• Experience in silicon bring-up and functional validation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute tests in post-silicon validation and hardware emulators.
• Drive debugging and investigation to root-cause cross-functional issues.
• Ensure validation provides necessary functional coverage.

Skills

Experience with functional tests for silicon validation

Development/validation of firmware or embedded software

Scripting in Python

Knowledge of System on Chip (SoC) architecture

Experience with hardware prototyping

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Job description

Silicon Validation Engineer, Google Cloud

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• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience with functional tests for silicon validation (e.g., C or C++ or Python) or developing/validating firmware, embedded software.
• Experience in silicon bring-up, functional validation, characterizing, and qualifying silicon.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with scripting (i.e. Python) for automation development.
• Experience with hardware prototyping, including hardware/software integration (i.e., pre-silicon use of emulation, software-based test, and diagnostics development).
• Experience with power characterization, Peripheral Component Interconnect Express(PCIe), and Double Data Rate.
• Experience in ready to launch design, verification, or emulation.
• Experience with board schematics, layout, and debug methodologies using lab equipment.
• Knowledge of System on Chip(SoC) architecture, including boot flows.

About the job

Our computational challenges are so big, complex and unique we can't just purchase off-the-shelf hardware, we've got to make it ourselves. Your team designs and builds the hardware, software and networking technologies that power all of Google's services. As a Hardware Engineer, you design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You develop from the lowest levels of circuit design to large system design and see those systems all the way through to high volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers affecting millions of Google users.

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 and execute tests in post-silicon validation, hardware emulators, and assist in bring-up processes from prototyping through post-silicon validation.
• Drive debugging and investigation efforts to root-cause cross-functional issues, including pre-silicon prototyping platforms as well as post-silicon bring-up and production.
• Ensure validation provides necessary functional coverage for confident design.
• Help operate and maintain the hardware emulation platform for pre-silicon integration and validation.

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