Chip Design Lead
Mountain View, California, United States
New York, New York, United States
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going. Since our start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to improve everyone's access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. Our Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, our fully autonomous ride-hailing service, as well as Waymo Via, our trucking and local delivery service. To date, Waymo has driven over 20 million miles autonomously on public roads across 25 U.S. cities and conducted over 20 billion miles of simulation testing.
Waymo's Compute Team is tasked with a critical and exciting mission: We deliver the compute platform responsible for running the fully autonomous vehicle’s software stack. To achieve our mission, we architect and create high-performance custom silicon; we develop system-level compute architectures that push the boundaries of performance, power, and latency; and we collaborate closely with many other teammates to ensure we design and optimize hardware and software for maximum performance. We are a multidisciplinary team seeking curious and talented teammates to work on one of the world’s highest performance automotive compute platforms.
In this role, you'll:
- Lead and coordinate design team execution to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Drive the development of a comprehensive silicon specification
- Analyze and monitor full-chip power, performance, area, and interface targets
- Coordinate and track key deliverables and issues with our external partners
- Standardize and improve our design flows and methodology to ensure first-pass success
- Interact with cross functional engineering teams to identify opportunities and requirements for memory systems, caching, interconnect, and external interfaces
At a minimum we’d like you to have:
- 10+ years of experience in SoC and/or silicon development
- Experience as a chip lead for a complex silicon project from concept to launch
- Experience with CPUs, memory systems, NOCs, and accelerators
- Experience driving power-powerformance-area trades
- Strong leadership and communication skills
It’s preferred if you have:
- People management experience
- Experience with ML acceleration and optimization
- Experience with SystemVerilog and HLS implementation
- Experience with performance simulation and modeling in C++
- Experience with frequency and power optimizations
- Familiarity with video, DSP, Ethernet, and PCIe
Note: The following is only applicable for roles hired in the US. As we keep the safety of our employees and our communities top of mind, COVID-19 vaccinations continue to be a critical prevention measure to help end the pandemic. Because of this, Waymo requires all US-based employees who perform work onsite for Waymo to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are unable to be vaccinated, Waymo will provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with applicable law.
We appreciate your interest in Waymo. Waymo is an equal employment opportunity employer, committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive workplace for all employees. Waymo does not discriminate against, and prohibits harassment of, any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law. Waymo will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. Waymo is committed to ensuring equal opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please let the recruiting team know or email waymo-candidatesupport@google.com. (This email address is intended to be used only for requesting accommodations as part of the application process. Other inquiries will not receive a response.)
