Senior Design Verification Engineer, gCPU

Google LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a seasoned engineer to own functional verification for a portion of a CPU design. You will develop verification infrastructure and write diagnostic code to ensure correctness, collaborating with front-end design, architecture, and performance teams.

You will analyze coverage, develop monitors and checkers, and drive architectural compliance and quality. This role offers exposure to hardware, software, and AI initiatives at Google.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in functional verification, performance validation, developing test plans, and diagnostic codes of modern processors.
• Experience with processor microarchitecture.

Responsibilities

• Design verification for future CPU developments.
• Build functional verification infrastructure including unit, multi-unit, core, and subsystem environments.
• Produce diagnostic code repositories enabling production of quality CPUs.
• Verify and validate performance for both pre-silicon and post-silicon.

Skills

Functional verification experience

Processor microarchitecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Master's degree or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS (computer architecture focus)

Tools

UVM

SystemVerilog

Python

Perl

Shell

Bash

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in functional verification, performance validation, developing test plans, and diagnostic codes of modern processors.
• Experience with processor microarchitecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
• Experience with UVM, SystemVerilog, or other scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Shell, Bash, etc.
• Knowledge of general purpose operating systems such as Linux and Android.
• Familiarity with ARM Instruction Set Architecture.

About the job

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

In this role, you will own functional verification for part of a CPU design. You will develop functional verification infrastructure and for some roles write diagnostic codes to ensure functional correctness of a design. You will use CPU knowledge as well as design specifications to develop test plans for functional units and subsystems. You will work closely with front end design, architecture, and performance teams to ensure architectural compliance, functional correctness. You will analyze coverage from various dimensions and develop monitors and checkers for better quality assurance.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. We aim to make people's lives better through technology.

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

US: $163000 - $236000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Design verification for future CPU developments.
• Build functional verification infrastructure, the infrastructure will include unit, multi-unit, core, and subsystem level verification environments.
• Produce diagnostic code repositories that sufficiently enable production of quality CPU's.
• Verify and validate performance for both pre-silicon and post-silicon.

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