TPU SoC Design Engineer, Google Cloud

In this role, you’ll work to shape the future of AI/ML hardware acceleration. You will have an opportunity to drive cutting-edge TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) technology that powers Google's most demanding AI/ML applications. You’ll be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's TPU. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide, and leverage your design and verification expertise to verify complex digital designs, with a specific focus on TPU architecture and its integration within AI/ML-driven systems.

In this role, you will be working on SoC-level RTL design for our data center accelerators. You will work on top-level RTL, architecture, design and implementation of global communication busses, and integration of complex ASIC designs. This is a cross-functional and central role that will require interactions with numerous ASIC development teams. You will own deliverables to the cross-functional teams (e.g., Physical Design, Verification, Validation, Firmware) at various project milestones. You will also be directly involved in defining and creating methodologies that enable an efficient design environment for all ASIC engineers.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Define and document the microarchitecture for digital designs within the TPU.
• Write performant, and power-efficient Register Transfer Level (RTL) code, primarily in SystemVerilog.
• Collaborate with the Verification team to develop test plans, debug RTL, and ensure functional correctness.
• Work with the Physical Design team to meet timing, area, power, and manufacturability requirements.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of design tools, flows, and methodologies.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in ASIC RTL design using systemverilog or verilog.
• Experience with industry-standard EDA tools for simulation, synthesis, and power analysis.
• Experiecnce with digital design, including synchronous and asynchronous logic, state machines, and bus protocols.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
• 5 years of experience with RTL coding using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Experience in scripting (e.g., Python, Tcl, or Perl) and debugging with tools like Verdi or VCS.
• Experience with SOC implementation standards and interfaces (e.g., AXI).
• Experience architecting RTL solutions employing software based construction, instantiation, customization and generation of RTL.
• Experience with CDC, UPF, RDC, RTL Linting, and LEC.