Lead CPU Subsystem Designer – High-Performance SoC

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 333,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA, is hiring a senior CPU design lead to shape microarchitecture and RTL for next-generation subsystems. You will guide a front-end design team, collaborate with architecture, software, and verification teams, and drive optimizations across power, performance, and area.

The role emphasizes leadership and technical excellence. You will influence design choices from specification through productization, ensuring timely delivery while managing complex trade-offs and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in high-performance CPU design, including load-store unit logic/RTL and L2/L3 private/shared caches including microarchitecture definition and PPA optimizations.
• Experience leading technical teams for modern processor subsystems with high speed, lower power design.
• Experience with front-end quality checks (e.g., Lint, CDC/RDC).

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of digital design engineers working on CPU functional units, focusing specifically on microarchitecture and RTL design for next-generation CPU subsystems.
• Review and propose performance-enhancing microarchitecture features while collaborating closely with cross-functional software, architecture, and performance teams on trade-off studies.
• Deliver comprehensive plans to achieve project milestones and execution goals, ensuring the production-quality design meets strict scheduling targets.
• Collaborate directly with verification, physical design, and power analysis teams to ensure designs successfully meet frequency, power, and area targets.
• Direct load-store unit and cache subsystem design optimizations across CPU components to deliver power, performance, and area metrics.

Skills

High-performance CPU design

Team leadership

RTL/Load-store unit design

L2/L3 cache design

Frontend quality checks

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA, is hiring a senior CPU design lead to shape microarchitecture and RTL for next-generation subsystems. You will guide a front-end design team, collaborate with architecture, software, and verification teams, and drive optimizations across power, performance, and area.

The role emphasizes leadership and technical excellence. You will influence design choices from specification through productization, ensuring timely delivery while managing complex trade-offs and