SoC & CPU Architecture Engineer III

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Sunnyvale is hiring software engineers for next-gen AI and infrastructure work. You will join teams shaping large-scale systems, hardware-software co-design, and advanced silicon projects including SoCs, CPUs, and GPUs. Expect opportunities to switch teams as the business grows.

The role emphasizes end-to-end software and hardware design, with focus on scalable architectures, high-performance interfaces, and distributed systems across Google Cloud and data centers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or compute/storage/hardware architecture.
• Experience in end-to-end Silicon Development Process (SoC, Silicon Design, ICs).
• Experience with computer architecture, microarchitecture, and digital design concepts.
• Experience with CPU and SoC architecture, and high-speed interfaces (PCIe, USB, DDR).

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems

Computer architecture

SoC/CPU architecture

RTL concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Job description

Google LLC in Sunnyvale is hiring software engineers for next-gen AI and infrastructure work. You will join teams shaping large-scale systems, hardware-software co-design, and advanced silicon projects including SoCs, CPUs, and GPUs. Expect opportunities to switch teams as the business grows.

The role emphasizes end-to-end software and hardware design, with focus on scalable architectures, high-performance interfaces, and distributed systems across Google Cloud and data centers.