ASIC Platform Software Architect, Silicon

1 Month ago • 5-10 Years • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As an ASIC Platform Software Architect at Google, you'll be part of a team developing custom silicon solutions for Google's consumer products. You'll collaborate with stakeholders to define software requirements and translate them into hardware and software architecture. Responsibilities include designing software interfaces for hardware accelerators, understanding hardware-software interactions, identifying and resolving issues, and improving hardware designs based on product feedback. You'll work closely with hardware architects and implementation teams to ensure optimal performance and efficiency. The role requires strong expertise in Linux kernel, bootloaders, SoC, low-power management, and performance analysis. Experience with Android OS and power management is preferred.
Must have:
  • 5+ years software development (consumer electronics/embedded systems)
  • 3+ years driving ASIC architecture decisions (software perspective)
  • Linux kernel, bootloaders, SoC, low-power management
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, design architecture and software interfaces
  • Understand hardware-software interactions, identify and resolve issues
Good to have:
  • Master's/PhD in relevant field
  • 10+ years experience in ASIC software design and development
  • Android OS experience, power management expertise
  • Knowledge of hardware-software interaction for standard hardware blocks

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in software development in the area of consumer electronics or other embedded systems.
  • 3 years of experience driving ASIC architecture decisions from a software point of view.
  • Experience with Linux kernel, bootloaders, SoC, low-power management frameworks, or performance analysis.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 10 years of experience in software design and development for software layers found in ASIC (e.g., boot, drivers, embedded firmware, libraries, and API for applications).
  • Experience with Android OS or similar in power management.
  • Knowledge of interaction types between hardware and software for different types of standard hardware blocks, CPU, and accelerators.

About the job

Be part of a diverse 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 the ASIC Platform Software Architect, you will understand software product requirements, use cases and applications, and how they relate to specific hardware blocks or sub-systems. In this role, you will represent the direction of the software team, asking, and constraints. You will work on system architecture definition of hardware blocks with hardware architects, and on implementation definition working with the hardware implementation team. In addition, you will define or influence their work with the goal of ensuring fulfillment of software requirements, and come to an agreement on hardware/software trade off solutions.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to identify user experience characteristics and how they can be mapped onto hardware and software.
  • Design architecture and software interfaces that enables application developers to make use of hardware accelerators and other IP.
  • Understand interactions between hardware components, identify issues, provide trade-off options, and drive to resolution.
  • Help design or improve hardware from generation to generation based on lessons learned from productization efforts, and to reduce technical debt.

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