Principal Engineer, Silicon Engineering II

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

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Job summary

Google Mountain View, CA seeks a Principal Engineer, Silicon Engineering II to lead the chipset program from early product definition through launch, delivering an efficient, high‑performance SoC within budget.

This is a high‑stakes, cross‑functional role bridging hardware architecture, IP development, physical design, and software readiness, coordinating a global matrix of teams to land hardware innovations in production.

Qualifications

• 15 years of experience with custom silicon design, SoC/ASIC implementation, or hardware-software co-design.
• 10 years of experience in technical leadership.
• Experience directing SoC development programs from concept to mass production.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering planning and execution of the chipset from concept to launch.
• Drive end-to-end technical execution across a global matrixed workforce.
• Coordinate SoC lifecycle from definition to tape-out and mass production.
• Lead debug forums to close complex system failure signatures across teams.
• Ensure hardware-software co-design alignment and day-one software sponsorship.

Skills

SoC design

Hardware-software co-design

Technical leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Global program management

Education

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

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

Tools

IP integration workflows

Physical design flows

Debug/root-cause analysis tools

Job description

Principal Engineer, Silicon Engineering II

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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 experience in technical leadership.
• Experience, including experience directing SoC development programs from concept to mass production.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience managing global, cross-functional engineering deliverables and aligning schedules/dependencies across matrixed organizations.
• Demonstrated change-management and operational leadership skills, with experience coordinating teams across global sites.
• Expertise in driving complex hardware and software system-level debug and root-cause analysis.
• Deep technical understanding of custom IP integration, physical design flows, and hardware-software co-design principles.

About the job

As the Principal Engineer, you will serve as the primary technical leader for the engineering planning and execution of the chipset from early product definition stages through launch. This is a high-stakes, cross-functional leadership role that bridges the gap between hardware architecture, IP development, physical implementation, and software readiness. Your ultimate goal is to deliver "the most efficient chipset solution for the agentic era" on-schedule, within budget, and at Power, Performance, Area, and Cost (PPA-C) metrics.

In this role, you will drive end-to-end technical execution across a highly matrixed global workforce to ensure custom hardware innovations land seamlessly in production and are optimized for first-party software experiences.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

About the job

As the Principal Engineer, you will serve as the primary technical leader for the engineering planning and execution of the chipset from early product definition stages through launch. This is a high-stakes, cross-functional leadership role that bridges the gap between hardware architecture, IP development, physical implementation, and software readiness. Your ultimate goal is to deliver "the most efficient chipset solution for the agentic era" on-schedule, within budget, and at Power, Performance, Area, and Cost (PPA-C) metrics.

In this role, you will drive end-to-end technical execution across a highly matrixed global workforce to ensure custom hardware innovations land seamlessly in production and are optimized for first-party software experiences.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $275000 - $382000 (USD) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

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.

Partner with specialized teams to lead the integration of the proprietary gCPU and high-performance custom IPs, optimizing physical design layout to maximize hardware efficiency.

Collaborate with DSPG Silicon, Software, and Pixel Hardware teams to drive a "one team" model, 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.

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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.

Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.