Senior Silicon Validation Engineer, Google Cloud
The ML, Systems, & Cloud AI (MSCA) organization at Google designs, implements, and manages the hardware, software, machine learning, and systems infrastructure for all Google services (Search, YouTube, etc.) and Google Cloud. Our end users are Googlers, Cloud customers and the billions of people who use Google services around the world.
We prioritize security, efficiency, and reliability across everything we do - from developing our latest TPUs to running a global network, while driving towards shaping the future of hyperscale computing. Our global impact spans software and hardware, including Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, the leading AI platform for bringing Gemini models to enterprise customers.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience with functional tests for silicon validation, (i.e., writing C or C++) or developing firmware, and embedded software.
- 5 years of experience in silicon bring-up, functional validation, characterizing, and qualifying silicon.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with experience with Core architecture knowledge
- Experience with hardware prototyping, including hardware/software integration (i.e., pre-silicon use of emulation, software-based test, and diagnostics development).
- Proficiency in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering.
- Understanding of object oriented programming and functional programming.
- Ability to write and understand SystemVerilog register transfer level (RTL) code.
- Excellent software skills and design practices.
Semiconductor pay context
Based on 278 disclosed Semiconductor salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $180K/year, with most offers between $144K and $206K (10th–90th percentile: $130K–$236K).
Google ranks among the higher-paying employers for this role, at a $200K median across 49 disclosed postings.
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