FPGA Engineer, Platforms, Hardware Job at Google Inc. in Sunnyvale

This is a specialized role which requires physical interaction with hardware equipment in a simulated data center environment, utilizing Google labs, power, and safety equipment. Regular development and processing of engineering hardware must be performed on site.

Responsibilities include:

• Defining and developing Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based hardware solutions, creating detailed micro-architecture specifications for custom accelerator, storage, and networking systems.
• Implementing, optimizing, and verifying high-quality Register-Transfer Level (RTL) code using SystemVerilog, ensuring designs meet critical performance, power, and area goals.
• Collaborating closely with Software, Systems, and Silicon Engineering teams to ensure seamless hardware/software integration and contributing to the development of end-to-end solutions.
• Developing and maintaining verification test benches and automated build flows to ensure design quality, and troubleshooting complex issues in deployed systems at data center scale.
• Leading the bring up, validation, New Product Introduction (NPI), deployment, and sustaining of hardware solutions. Driving system development from concept through production.

Qualifications:

• PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience working in an ASIC or FPGA design technical environment, or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• Experience with Register-Transfer Level design using Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• Experience in the FPGA/ASIC development lifecycle, including synthesis, timing closure, and logic simulation.
• Experience with common hardware communication protocols and industry-standard simulation software.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• 1 year of experience in technical leadership, leading FPGA projects or ASIC block development.
• Experience with version control systems, hardware and system design, and deploying and debugging hardware products in a large-scale data center environment.
• Proficiency with scripting languages for automation, such as Python or Tcl.

About the job: Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services.

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