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Google · 1 day ago

Staff CPU RTL Design Engineer, Silicon

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$183K/yr - $271K/yr

10+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company dedicated to organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful. They are seeking a Staff CPU RTL Design Engineer to develop custom silicon solutions, focusing on CPU subsystem designs and post-silicon validation for mobile device chips.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Develop CPU subsystem front-end designs and microarchitecture, delivering high-quality RTL that meets frequency, power, and area (PPA) goals for next-generation processors

Drive post-silicon CPU validation and debug for mobile/phone-class SoCs, focusing on hardware-software integration and debugging in real silicon

Design and implement advanced designs in cache subsystems and/or vector arithmetic dataflow

Propose performance-enhancing features and collaborate with Software, Architect, and Performance teams to conduct trade-off studies and communicate microarchitecture enhancements

Stay current with modern design concepts and techniques, help in improving efficiency of the design processes

Qualification

CPU RTL designPost-silicon validationSystem VerilogMicroarchitecture definitionARM Instruction Set ArchitectureSoC design/integrationCache coherence protocolsPPA optimizationsLeadership experience

Required

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

10 years of experience with CPU or AI accelerator logic/RTL design, including microarchitecture definition and PPA optimizations

Experience with post-silicon CPU validation and hardware debugging, specifically for mobile device chips (phone-class SoCs)

Experience with RTL languages (System Verilog) and standard design processes (e.g., Lint, UPF)

Preferred

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

Experience leading front-end design for modern processor components or AI accelerators

Experience with ARM Instruction Set Architecture and SOC design/integration

Understanding of AMBA CHI (Coherent Hub Interface) and cache coherence protocols

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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