Senior TPU Validation Engineer — Pre-Silicon Emulation Lead

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Mountain View is seeking a Senior TPU Validation Engineer to drive validation work for our Tensor Processing Unit within mobile System on Chip designs. You will create test plans, lead pre-silicon emulation, and perform post-silicon validation with cross-functional teams to ensure power, performance, and integration goals are met.

The role requires a strong background in ML accelerator validation, ARM-based mobile SoC architectures, and proficiency in C/C++ test frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in SoC validation.
• Experience with ML accelerator architecture.
• Experience with Mobile SoC architecture including ARM processor, coherent fabric, and SMMU.
• Experience with test and verification framework development in C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Silicon validation teams for TPU design in mobile SoC.
• Develop test plans, perform pre-silicon validation (Emulation) and post-silicon validation.
• Conduct power and performance measurement and correlate with pre-silicon goals.
• Collaborate with Software, Architecture, Design, and DV teams across product development stages.

Skills

SoC validation

ML accelerator

Mobile SoC architecture

C/C++ test framework

ARM/SMMU

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering/CS

Master's or PhD in EE/CE/CS (computer architecture)

Job description

Google Mountain View is seeking a Senior TPU Validation Engineer to drive validation work for our Tensor Processing Unit within mobile System on Chip designs. You will create test plans, lead pre-silicon emulation, and perform post-silicon validation with cross-functional teams to ensure power, performance, and integration goals are met.

The role requires a strong background in ML accelerator validation, ARM-based mobile SoC architectures, and proficiency in C/C++ test frameworks.