Waymo

ML ASIC Design Engineer

Waymo$175K — $215K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years industry experience with SystemVerilog and ASIC RTL design
  • 3+ years experience in designing microarchitectures for high performance cores (CPU/GPU/NPU)
  • Fluency in a high-level programming language such as Python or C++

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with researchers and architects to translate requirements into hardware features
  • Design microarchitectures to achieve high-performance machine learning outputs
  • Optimize power, area, and performance of digital ASIC designs
  • Create high-performance execution units and arithmetic circuits
  • Coordinate with verification teams to ensure functionality and performance correctness

Benefits

  • Participation in discretionary annual bonus program
  • Access to equity incentive plan
  • Generous company benefits program
Full Job Description
This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to the Senior Staff Silicon Engineer.

You will:
  • Work with researchers and architects to translate high level requirements into hardware features
  • Specify and design microarchitectures to deliver world class ML performance
  • Perform power, area and performance exploration and optimization of digital ASIC designs
  • Design high performance execution units, arithmetic circuits and programmable engines
  • Work with verification teams to guarantee functional correctness and performance

You have:
  • BS degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of industry experience with SystemVerilog, ASIC RTL design and microarchitecture
  • 3+ years designing and specifying microarchitectures of high performance computing cores (CPU/GPU/NPU)
  • Fluency in at least one high level programming language such as Python, C++

We prefer:
  • Experience designing datapath elements of high performance cores (CPU/GPU/NPU)
  • Experience working with Chisel (Scala) or other higher-level hardware DSL's
  • Working knowledge of machine learning algorithms & how they map to hardware
  • Familiarity with Synthesis and power analysis tools
  • Experience working with formal tools for datapath verification


The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo's discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range

$175,000-$215,000 USD

About Waymo

Waymo LLC is a self-driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google. Waymo develops autonomous driving technology and provides ride-hailing services through its Waymo One program. The company has been testing its self-driving technology on public roads since 2009 and has logged millions of miles of autonomous driving. Waymo has partnerships with several automakers and has been working on developing autonomous trucks for use in logistics.
Learn more about Waymo
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2009

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