The Senior Silicon Architect role at Google focuses on defining chip IP architectures and optimizing system-level goals. This position requires collaboration with software, product management, and physical design teams to ensure hardware architecture aligns with product requirements. The role is part of a pioneering AI lab at Google DeepMind, emphasizing the importance of safety and ethics in AI development. Candidates will lead technical evaluations and contribute to the long-term silicon architecture roadmap.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 4 years of experience in Microarchitecture design such as pipelines, caches, TLBs, execution systems, and memory.
• 4 years of experience in System-level optimization or SoC-level optimization such as performance, power, reliability, and cost.
• 4 years of experience in IP integration or Silicon IP integration for System-on-Chip (SoC) designs.
• 4 years of experience in RTL code analysis such as Verilog or VHDL.
• 4 years of experience in Technical leadership such as project planning and driving decisions with stakeholders.
• 1 year of experience in Machine Learning (ML) accelerator architecture design.

• Lead the definition of chip IP architectures, memory hierarchy, interconnect fabrics, and IP integration to meet product requirements.
• Utilize high-level performance and power models to guide architectural decisions and conduct detailed trade-off analyses to optimize for system-level goals.
• Create and maintain detailed architectural specification documents that guide micro-architecture and design teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with software, product management, and physical design teams to ensure the hardware architecture is feasible and meets all product requirements.
• Drive the technical evaluation, selection, and integration strategy for key third-party IP cores and technologies.
• Research emerging technologies and industry trends to influence and contribute to the long-term silicon and system architecture roadmap.

• Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.