Google

Silicon Validation Engineer, HBM, Google Cloud

Google$138K — $198K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience in ASIC bring-up, validation, or debugging.
  • Scripting proficiency in Python or a similar language.
  • Master's degree or PhD preferred, with a focus on computer architecture.
  • 2 years of C/Python software design experience preferred.
  • Experience with high-power ASICs and memory management preferred.
  • Familiarity with hardware description languages and chip design flow preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Develop silicon test plans aligned with design specifications and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Implement test plans by creating software tests for validation and verification of hardware.
  • Triage and debug new product development issues while proposing solutions.
  • Interpret and analyze data to ensure HBM operation meets production thresholds.
  • Drive the project lifecycle from pre-silicon planning to post-silicon validation.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Generous paid time off policies including vacation and holidays.
  • Access to retirement plans with employer contributions.
  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
  • Employee assistance programs and wellness initiatives.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience in bringing up ASICs, performing functional and performance validation, or debugging failures.
  • Experience scripting in Python or a similar programming language.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture, or a related field.
  • 2 years of experience with C /Python software design principles.
  • Experience bringing up high-power ASICs and working with memories.
  • Experience with reading hardware description languages (SystemVerilog) and chip design flow, and building test automation tools and scripts.
  • Passion for unusual computer architectures.


About the job

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 work on test design, bring-up, triage, and debug of the TPU High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) subsystem across emulation, test chip, and production silicon platforms. You will work closely with Silicon Validation, HBM technologists, and pre-silicon teams during the development phase of the ASIC life-cycle, ensuring proper features are in place for post-silicon validation and debug. Once silicon is in the lab, you will collect and help interpret data alongside system software and software test infrastructure developers to ensure the HBM subsystem has met the threshold for production release.

You will help develop processes and tests to ensure smooth and reliable performance of HBM projects. You will be direct throughout the project lifecycle, from early pre-silicon planning and test development, through end-of-life characterization and failure debug. By leveraging silicon knowledge you will develop and operate software-based tests for full investigation of HBM operation.
You will work closely with hardware and software teams to successfully validate designs, identify design issues, and gain insight into the requirements for full ASIC test coverage.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $138000 - $198000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Develop detailed silicon test plans, based on design specifications and coordination with a cross-functional silicon team (architecture, design, software, firmware) for Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs).
  • Implement test plans by developing software tests and flows for system validation and verification, then utilize it all to test hardware, collect data, and characterize the operation of HBMs in both test chips and production silicon.
  • Triage and debug issues found during new product development and find solutions.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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