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Waymo

Silicon Emulation Engineer

Mountain View, CA · Hybrid

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Silicon Engineering Lead. You will: * Collaborate with the Design, Verification, and Software teams to simulate future silicon ...

Waymo

Silicon Emulation Engineer

Mountain View, CA · On-site

$175K - $215K/yr

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Silicon Engineering Lead. You will: * Collaborate with the Design, Verification, and Software teams to simulate future silicon ...

Waymo

ML ASIC Design Engineer

Mountain View, NY · Hybrid

To achieve our mission, we architect and create high-performance custom silicon; we develop system ... This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to the Senior Staff Silicon Engineer.

Microsoft

Senior Silicon CAD Engineer

Mountain View, CA · On-site

$160K - $261K/yr

Overview Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft's expanding cloud infrastructure and powers Microsoft's Intelligent Cloud mission.

Intel

CPU Pre-Silicon Verification Engineer

Folsom, CA

$145K/yr

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  • Retirement

  • PTO

The Role and Impact As a CPU Pre-Silicon Verification Engineer , you will help ensure the quality, functionality, and readiness of Intel's next-generation CPU's the high-performance engines that ...

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A Silicon Engineer designs, develops, and tests semiconductor chips and integrated circuits used in electronic devices. They work on various aspects of chip design, including architecture, verification, and fabrication, to optimize performance, power efficiency, and reliability. Silicon Engineers collaborate with hardware and software teams to ensure seamless integration and functionality. Their expertise is crucial in industries like consumer electronics, telecommunications, and automotive technology.

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Silicon Emulation Engineer

Waymo

Mountain View, CA • Hybrid

Full-time

Re-posted 2 days ago

Job description

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.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Silicon Engineering Lead.

You will:

  • Collaborate with the Design, Verification, and Software teams to simulate future silicon designs and software on an emulation platform, targeting functional and performance validation and left-shift of software development
  • Design, implement, and optimize emulation testbenches, balancing performance and debug capabilities based on user needs and hardware constraints
  • Write end-to-end synthesizable transactors to interact with emulated designs through software APIs and C-DPI
  • Triage and root-cause failures alongside emulation users, leveraging waveforms, software logging, and custom-built emulation monitors
  • Assist with post-silicon bring-up, debug, and characterization
  • Build infrastructure to support the emulation user base, including tools for model build, regression, automation, continuous integration, data analysis, and training

You have:

  • BS degree in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering or related field and 5 years of silicon development experience.
  • Experience with at least one major hardware emulation platform (Palladium, Zebu, Veloce, Protium, HAPS).
  • High level of proficiency with one or more of the following emulation approaches: virtual prototyping, testbench acceleration, hybrid emulation, in-circuit emulation (speed bridge), QEMU, or VirtualBox
  • Experience with SystemVerilog and design verification methodologies
  • Programming and scripting (C++, Python, or TCL) for automation, test development, debug flows, and release process.
  • Strong debug and problem-solving ability across hardware and software

We prefer:

  • Experience with AXI/AMBA, PCIe, DRAM, and Ethernet interfaces
  • Performance and power analysis techniques
  • Experience with JTAG, DFT, UART, SPI, GPIO and other test/low-speed interfaces
  • Knowledge of advanced design verification methods (coverage, gate-level simulation, assertions, and UVM).
  • Post-silicon debug software (e.g. Trace32, OpenOCD, TARMAC) and lab bench tools (analyzers, scopes, meters)
  • Understanding of bare metal programming, embedded systems, Linux internals, operating systems, boot loaders, drivers, and firmware

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