Google

Staff Engineer, TPU Co-Design

Google$192K — $279K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
  • 10 years in computer or chip architecture, or hardware-software co-design.
  • Experience with performance modeling and system analysis.
  • Master's degree or PhD preferred, focusing on computer architecture.
  • Proven experience with hardware solutions for ML applications.
  • Familiarity with deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
  • Strong collaboration skills across interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

  • Drive optimization of the hardware/software stack for ML models.
  • Collaborate with research teams to innovate model architectures.
  • Lead development of architectural simulators for performance evaluation.
  • Conduct performance analysis for distributed ML systems.
  • Engage with cross-functional partners to transition innovations to production.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare and wellness programs.
  • Generous parental leave and family support.
  • Retirement savings plan with employer matching.
  • Professional development opportunities and resources.
  • Access to diverse employee resource groups.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience in computer architecture, chip architecture, or hardware-software co-design.
  • Experience developing systems for performance modeling, simulation, or system analysis.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
  • Experience architecting hardware solutions or performance optimizations for large-scale ML training and inference.
  • Experience with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch.
  • Deep understanding of ML trends, business drivers, and the software ecosystem.
  • Ability to engage and collaborate with hardware designers, software architects, and ML researchers.


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 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.

As a Staff Co-Design Engineer on the TPU Architecture team, you will act as a key technical anchor bridging the gap between model architecture innovation and next-generation hardware design. Operating cross-functionally across AI research and engineering, you will help shape the architectural roadmap for our future machine learning serving and training capabilities. You will drive the integration of Machine Learning (ML) research such as the training and serving of massive foundation models with advanced silicon architectures to deliver industry-leading, high-performance, and power-efficient accelerators.

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

US: $192000 - $279000 (USD) 20% bonus target equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Drive the definition and optimization of the hardware/software stack to enable performant training and serving of large ML models.
  • Collaborate with research and modeling teams to innovate on model architectures, focusing on scaling, quality, and their direct impact on hardware performance.
  • Lead the development of configurable architectural simulators and cycle-accurate performance models to quantify microarchitectural optimizations and evaluate architectural decisions.
  • Conduct system-level performance analysis across highly distributed ML systems, innovating new methodologies to balance compute, memory bandwidth, and inter-chip network requirements.
  • Engage with partners across hardware design, compiler development, and ML research to transition architectural innovations from concept to production.


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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