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Google · 5 days ago

CPU RTL Engineer, Silicon

Portland, OR, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$132K/yr - $189K/yr

4+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company focused on organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful. They are seeking a CPU RTL Engineer to contribute to the development of custom silicon solutions for their direct-to-consumer products, emphasizing performance and efficiency in CPU design.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Contribute to CPU frontend designs, emphasizing on microarchitecture and Register-Transfer Level (RTL) design for the next generation CPU

Propose performance enhancing microarchitecture features with efficiency in mind. Work with architects and performance teams for trade-off studies. Communicate pros and cons of microarchitecture enhancements. Facilitate final decision making

Deliver designs meeting Power, performance and area (PPA) goals with production quality

Become familiar with state-of-the-art techniques for at least one processor functional block. Interpret the techniques into design constructs and languages in order to provide guidance to and participate in the performance modeling effort

Qualification

RTL designVerilogSystemVerilogMicroprocessor architectureC++PythonLinuxCSoft skills

Required

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

4 years of experience with digital logic design principles, RTL design concepts, and languages such as Verilog or SystemVerilog

Experience with microprocessor architecture

Preferred

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

Experience with modern processor microarchitecture and related technologies and algorithms, through academic projects or industry experience

Knowledge of Programming languages such as C, C++, and Python

Knowledge of general purpose operating systems such as Linux or Android

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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