What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Design Engineer, ASIC position at Waymo?
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's Most Experienced Driver-to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo's fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15 U.S. states.
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 hybrid role, you'll report to an ASIC Design Manager
You will:
- Work with researchers and architects to translate high level requirements into ASIC hardware features
- Specify, architect, and design interconnects and accelerators that process sensor data and other system compute workloads
- Collaborate with the physical design team on synthesis and timing closure of digital blocks.
- Perform power, area and performance trade-off analyses of digital designs
- Work with verification teams to guarantee functional correctness and performance
- Create and run software that tests digital designs in simulation and bringup
You have:
- BS degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent practical experience
- 7 years of industry experience with Verilog and SystemVerilog, RTL digital microarchitecture
- Deep knowledge of computer architecture and on-chip communication networks
- Experience working cross-functionally with Software, Architecture, Design Verification, and validation teams
- Fluency in at least one high level programming language such as Python, C
- Excellent written and verbal communication skill
We prefer:
- Master's or PhD degree in Engineering
- Experience leading or managing engineering teams
- Experience with the full digital design verification cycle -- from spec through bring-up
- Experience with High Level Synthesis (HLS)
- Experience with performance and power validation, and formal verification
- Working knowledge of machine learning algorithms & how they map to hardware
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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 : $204,000 - $259,000