CPU Frontend RTL & Microarchitecture Engineer

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

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Job summary

Google LLC is hiring a hardware engineer to join a team that designs custom silicon powering Google's consumer products. You will contribute to CPU frontend design, focusing on microarchitecture and RTL for a next-generation CPU.

The role involves proposing performance-enhancing features, working with architects, verification, and physical-design teams to meet power, area, and frequency goals. Individual pay is disclosed; includes base salary, 15% bonus target and equity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 4 years of experience with digital logic design principles, RTL design concepts, and languages such as Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• Experience with microprocessor architecture.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to CPU frontend design, emphasizing on microarchitecture and RTL design for a next generation CPU.
• Propose performance enhancing microarchitecture features with efficiency in mind. Work with architects and performance teams for trade-off studies.
• Deliver designs meeting power, performance and area (PPA) goals with production quality. Become familiar with state-of-the-art techniques for memory subsystem design.
• Leverage design understanding in order to provide guidance to, and participate in, the performance modeling effort.
• Work closely with the functional verification team to ensure production quality designs, and with the physical design team to meet frequency, power, and area goals.

Skills

Digital logic design

RTL design

Verilog

SystemVerilog

Microprocessor architecture

C/C++

Python

Education

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

Equivalent practical experience

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Google LLC is hiring a hardware engineer to join a team that designs custom silicon powering Google's consumer products. You will contribute to CPU frontend design, focusing on microarchitecture and RTL for a next-generation CPU.

The role involves proposing performance-enhancing features, working with architects, verification, and physical-design teams to meet power, area, and frequency goals. Individual pay is disclosed; includes base salary, 15% bonus target and equity.