CPU SoC Verification Engineer

Google

San Diego, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
ARM (Advanced RISC Machine), Artificial Intelligence (AI), CPU (Central Processing Unit), Computer Architecture, Computer Engineering, Computer Hardware, Computer Science, Debugging Skills, Electrical Engineering, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Identify Issues, Industry Standards, Production Systems, RTL Verification, Simulation, System-on-a-Chip (SoC), Test Patterns, Testing, Verification Engineering
LOCATION
San Diego, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Diego, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4 years of experience with ARM-based SoC verification, including cache coherency, Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnects, or high-speed bus protocols.
  • Experience with post-silicon debug and diagnosing failures across Process, Voltage, and Temperature (PVT) corners.
  • Experience in RTL verification and Gate Level Simulation (GLS) workflows.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
  • Experience with UVM/OVM methodologies and using Python or Perl to automate ARM SoC verification flows.

About the job

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.

As a CPU SoC DV Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the functional integrity of CPU subsystems from initial RTL simulation through to final silicon characterization. You will develop robust verification environments, drive GLS, and partner with ATE teams to debug and stabilize high-speed patterns in a production environment.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $138,000-$198,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Drive ARM SoC and sub-system level verification, simulation, and debug for CPU RTL and gate-level netlists.
  • Lead post-silicon debug efforts to diagnose complex hardware failures and ensure pattern stability in production.
  • Translate simulation-based functional sequences into ATE/SLT-ready formats, ensuring high-fidelity pattern conversion through virtual tester environments.
  • Execute GLS and timing-annotated (SDF) simulations using industry-standard EDA tools.
  • Generate and convert ATE patterns utilizing virtual tester environments to ensure high-fidelity translation from simulation.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

About the Company

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Google

Build for everyone

Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe.

It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families. They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

Learn more about Google’s benefits on this site featuring Googlers’ experience.

How we Hire

Google’s hiring process is an important part of our culture. Googlers care deeply about their teams and the people who make them up. In order to  build for everyone, we know that we need a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step in getting there.

Learn more about our hiring process.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer Software
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria
FOUNDED
1998
WEBSITE
https://goo.gle/4dbno6V