Silicon Validation Engineer, Google Cloud

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% bonus target

Equity

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Google is looking for an experienced engineer to join our team in Sunnyvale, California, to work on the cutting-edge TPU technology that powers our AI/ML applications. In this role, you will be responsible for silicon design and validation, integrating complex hardware and software systems. Your expertise will help innovate the products that impact billions of users worldwide.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in silicon design and a passion for developing technology that drives Google’s future in AI.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience with silicon design or semiconductors.
• Experience developing firmware and embedded software.
• Experience in silicon validation and high-speed interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Own the bringup and New Product Introduction phases of silicon development.
• Integrate and validate hardware/software designs in pre-silicon.
• Develop and coordinate test plans with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Silicon design

Experience with semiconductors

Scripting in Python

Education

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

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

Tools

ASIC design tools

High-speed interfaces knowledge

Job description

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
• Experience developing firmware, embedded software, or functional tests for silicon validation.
• Experience in silicon validation bringing up, characterizing, and qualifying silicon.
• Experience with high speed interfaces, ASIC interfaces, memory systems (HBM), aor power system features and high‑power ASICs.

About The Job

In this role, you’ll work to shape the future of AI/ML hardware acceleration. You will have an opportunity to drive cutting‑edge TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) technology that powers Google’s most demanding AI/ML applications. You’ll be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google’s TPU. You’ll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide, and leverage your design and verification expertise to verify complex digital designs, with a specific focus on TPU architecture and its integration within AI/ML‑driven systems.

In this role, you will be helping in bringing custom Application‑Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) from concept through to production. You will be a part of the silicon validation effort of the overall silicon product development lifecycle. Your efforts may center on power features, interfaces, HBM memory, compute functionality, or various aspects of system performance.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We’re the driving force behind Google’s groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting‑edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world‑leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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

US: $138000 - $198000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• 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.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.