Waymo · 3 months ago
Senior Design Engineer, ASIC
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$204K/yr - $259K/yr
7+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Senior Design Engineer, ASIC will work on designing high-performance custom silicon and collaborating with various teams to optimize hardware and software for autonomous vehicles.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Work with researchers and architects to translate high level requirements into ASIC hardware features
Specify, architect, and design interconnects and accelerators that process sensor data and other system compute workloads
Collaborate with the physical design team on synthesis and timing closure of digital blocks
Perform power, area and performance trade-off analyses of digital designs
Work with verification teams to guarantee functional correctness and performance
Create and run software that tests digital designs in simulation and bringup
Qualification
Required
BS degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent practical experience
7+ years of industry experience with Verilog and SystemVerilog, RTL digital microarchitecture
Deep knowledge of computer architecture and on-chip communication networks
Experience working cross-functionally with Software, Architecture, Design Verification, and validation teams
Fluency in at least one high level programming language such as Python, C++
Excellent written and verbal communication skill
Preferred
Master's or PhD degree in Engineering
Experience leading or managing engineering teams
Experience with the full digital design verification cycle -- from spec through bring-up
Experience with High Level Synthesis (HLS)
Experience with performance and power validation, and formal verification
Working knowledge of machine learning algorithms & how they map to hardware
Benefits
Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program
Company
Waymo
Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving solutions for travelers and daily commuters. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.1BKey Investors
Alphabet
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
2020-05-12Series A· $750M
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Annabel Chang
Head of State Policy & Government Relations
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