Senior CPU Performance Architect

Google • Mountain View, CA

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About The Position

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions
that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute
to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise
will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled
performance, efficiency, and integration. Google's mission is to organize
the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices &
Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create
radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new
technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster,
seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the
world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the
Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with microprocessor architecture, micro-architecture, performance, and design.
• Experience with performance modeling, analysis, correlation, and workload characterization, as well as experience with CPU architecture (e.g., CPU block).

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
• 5 years of experience in CPU micro-architecture exploration and development.
• Knowledge of processor instruction set architecture (e.g., ARM, RISC-V, x86).
• Knowledge of system software components, such as Linux, drivers, and runtime.

Responsibilities

• Plan and evaluate ARM’s architecture features from both architecture and performance aspect.
• Develop a performance model for performance analysis and microarchitecture studies.
• Lead collaboration with design and verification teams to develop efficient CPU implementation.
• Define and write CPU subsystem architecture specifications.
• Drive performance correlation between the performance model and RTL implementation, including micro-benchmark development and pre-silicon and post-silicon performance bug triage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level