Design Methodology Lead, Silicon
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About the Role
Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. We aim to make people's lives better through technology.
Responsibilities
- Define, review and refine the methodology of design implementation for implementation within Google Silicon platform.
- Understand the bottlenecks and gaps in the current design methodology and recommend solutions to fix these gaps.
- Work with the Computer Aided Design (CAD) team to review the implementation of these methodology initiatives.
- Leverage the industry practices for closing gaps and improving execution efficiencies.
- Work with the design team to review results of Quality Control (QC) runs and review for completeness and correctness.
- Work closely with the cross-functional team of verification, design for test, physical design and software teams to streamline design processes, represent status of the methodology and implementation throughout the development process.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in silicon engineering.
- Experience in design, multi power domains with clocking.
- Experience with verilog or system verilog.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 18 years of experience in silicon engineering.
- Experience with process cores, interconnects, debug and trace, security, interrupts, clocks/reset, power/voltage domains, and pin-mixing.
Key skills/competency
- Silicon design methodology
- CAD tool integration
- Verilog/SystemVerilog
- Multi-power domain design
- Clocking strategies
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Design process optimization
- Quality control (QC)
- Execution efficiency
- Hardware development
How to Get Hired at Google
- Research Google's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight silicon engineering, design methodology, and CAD tool experience relevant to Google.
- Showcase technical depth: Prepare to discuss Verilog, SystemVerilog, power domains, and clocking extensively.
- Practice behavioral questions: Emphasize problem-solving, collaboration, and innovation relevant to a Lead role.
- Network strategically: Connect with current Google Silicon engineers on LinkedIn for role-specific insights.
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