Waymo · 1 month ago
Silicon Emulation Architect
Mountain View, CA, USA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$204K/yr - $259K/yr
5+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Silicon Emulation Architect role involves collaborating with various teams to validate future silicon designs and optimize emulation testbenches, ensuring high-performance computing for autonomous vehicles.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Collaborate with the Design, Verification, and Software teams to simulate future silicon designs and software on an emulation platform, targeting functional and performance validation and left-shift of software development
Design, implement, and optimize emulation testbenches, balancing performance and debug capabilities based on user needs and hardware constraints
Write end-to-end synthesizable transactors to interact with emulated designs through software APIs and C-DPI
Triage and root-cause bugs alongside emulation users, leveraging waveforms, software logging, and custom-built emulation monitors
Assist with post-silicon bring-up, debug, and characterization
Build infrastructure to support the emulation user base, including tools for model build, regression, automation, continuous integration, data analysis, and training
Qualification
Required
BS degree in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering or related field and 5 years of silicon development experience
Experience with at least one major hardware emulation platform (Palladium, Zebu, Veloce, Protium, HAPS)
High level of proficiency with one or more of the following emulation approaches: virtual prototyping, testbench acceleration, hybrid emulation, in-circuit emulation (speed bridge), QEMU, or GEM5
Experience with SystemVerilog and design verification methodologies
Programming and scripting (C++, Python, or TCL) for automation, test development, debug flows, and release process
Strong debug and problem-solving ability across hardware and software
Preferred
Experience with AXI/AMBA, PCIe, DRAM, and Ethernet interfaces
Performance and power analysis techniques
Experience with JTAG, DFT, UART, SPI, GPIO and other test/low-speed interfaces
Knowledge of advanced design verification methods (coverage, gate-level simulation, assertions, and UVM)
Post-silicon debug software (e.g. Trace32, OpenOCD, TARMAC) and lab bench tools (analyzers, scopes, meters)
Understanding of bare metal programming, embedded systems, Linux internals, operating systems, boot loaders, drivers, and firmware
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
Elisa de Martel
Chief Financial Officer
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