Senior Silicon Architect

Google•Mountain View, CA

10d•$218,000 - $237,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority. We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field and 4 years of experience in the job offered or in a Silicon Architect-related occupation.
4 years of experience in Microarchitecture design such as pipelines, caches, TLBs, execution systems, memory
4 years of experience in System-level optimization or SoC-level optimization such as performance, power, reliability, cost
4 years of experience in IP integration or Silicon IP integration for System-on-Chip (SoC) designs
4 years of experience in RTL code analysis such as Verilog or VHDL
4 years of experience in Technical leadership such as project planning and driving decisions with stakeholders
1 year of experience in Machine Learning (ML) accelerator architecture design

Responsibilities

Lead the definition of chip IP architectures, memory hierarchy, interconnect fabrics, and IP integration to meet product requirements.
Utilize high-level performance and power models to guide architectural decisions and conduct detailed trade-off analyses to optimize for system-level goals.
Create and maintain detailed architectural specification documents that guide micro-architecture and design teams throughout the project lifecycle.
Collaborate with software, product management, and physical design teams to ensure the hardware architecture is feasible, aligns with software needs, and meets all product requirements.
Drive the technical evaluation, selection, and integration strategy for key third-party IP cores and technologies. Research emerging technologies and industry trends to influence and contribute to the long-term silicon and system architecture roadmap.