Silicon Validation Engineer — AI/ML TPU Systems

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Silicon Validation Engineer to help shape AI/ML hardware acceleration through TPU architectures and pre-silicon validation.

You will drive bring-up of ASICs, develop test plans, coordinate across hardware and software teams, and help improve power, memory, and compute performance across generations. Strong Python scripting and a background in silicon design are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 3 years of experience with silicon design or with semiconductors (e.g., digital design, silicon validation, computer architecture).
• Experience scripting in a programming language like Python or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Own the bringup and New Product Introduction (NPI) phases of the silicon development lifecycle. Enable custom silicon products within the platform infrastructure systems.
• Integrate and validate complex hardware/software designs in pre-silicon through functional bringup. Develop the integration plan, coordinate hardware and software delivery, and create necessary tests for validation.
• Develop detailed test plans, based on design specifications and coordinate with a cross-functional teams (e.g., architecture, design, software, firmware).
• Perform long-term system characterization. Debug and help root-cause failures, providing feedback to improve features like power management quality, performance, and reliability through generations of designs, including in pre-silicon prototyping platforms as well as through post-silicon bringup and production.
• Design, develop, operate, and maintain software based validation tests.

Skills

Python scripting

Silicon validation

Digital design

Computer architecture

Firmware development

Embedded software

Functional tests

Education

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

Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with emphasis on computer architecture

Tools

N/A

Job description

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Silicon Validation Engineer to help shape AI/ML hardware acceleration through TPU architectures and pre-silicon validation.

You will drive bring-up of ASICs, develop test plans, coordinate across hardware and software teams, and help improve power, memory, and compute performance across generations. Strong Python scripting and a background in silicon design are required.