Principal Chipset Program Architect

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 275,000 - 382,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target

Job summary

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Principal Chipset Project Engineer to lead the end-to-end SoC development lifecycle from concept to mass production. You will bridge hardware architecture, IP development, physical design, and software readiness in a highly matrixed global team.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, strong debugging, and advanced hardware-software co-design expertise to deliver first-party hardware innovations with competitive PPA-C metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience with custom silicon design, SoC/ASIC implementation, or hardware-software co-design.
• 10 years of technical leadership experience, including experience directing SoC development programs from concept to mass production.

Responsibilities

• Direct the execution of the entire SoC lifecycle, from initial chip definition and top-level architecture through tape-out, silicon bring-up, and final mass production.
• Collaborate with Devices and Services Product Group (DSPG) Silicon, Software, and Pixel Hardware teams, ensuring hardware innovations have day-one software sponsorship and land seamlessly in production.
• Coordinate deliverables across a highly matrixed global workforce, aligning schedules, managing dependencies, and actively resolving complex technical blockers.
• Lead critical debug forums to drive complex system failure signatures to rapid root-cause closure by driving actions across all teams.

Skills

Custom silicon design

SoC/ASIC implementation

Hardware-software co-design

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

IP integration

Physical design flows

System-level debugging

Job description

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Principal Chipset Project Engineer to lead the end-to-end SoC development lifecycle from concept to mass production. You will bridge hardware architecture, IP development, physical design, and software readiness in a highly matrixed global team.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, strong debugging, and advanced hardware-software co-design expertise to deliver first-party hardware innovations with competitive PPA-C metrics.