Circuits Design Engineer, Clock Design

1 Day ago • All levels • Research & Development • $132,000 PA - $189,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Circuits Design Engineer, Clock Design at Google, you'll collaborate with various teams to develop custom silicon solutions for Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll be responsible for full-chip clock planning, creating timing constraints, physical implementation of clock macros, Spice simulations, and sign-off checks. You'll work with logic designers on architectural feasibility studies, defining design targets, and exploring RTL/design tradeoffs. Furthermore, you'll perform technical evaluations of vendors, process nodes, and IPs, and collaborate on high-impact clocking innovations. The role involves optimizing power, timing, and area in ASIC and SoC designs, pushing the boundaries of Moore's Law in advanced technology nodes.
Must have:
  • PhD in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • High-speed clock distribution circuit design experience
  • Spice simulations, clock verification, and sign-off
  • Full-chip clock planning and physical implementation
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
Good to have:
  • ASIC physical design experience (synthesis, place & route, STA)
  • IP integration (PLLs, memories, Analog IP)
  • Scripting (Python, Perl, TCL)
  • Verilog/System Verilog knowledge
  • Low-power design techniques

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience in clock architecture and designing high speed clock distribution circuits.
  • Experience in Spice simulations, clock verification, and signoff.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in ASIC physical design, physical design flows, and methodologies including synthesis, place and route, Static Timing Analysis (STA), formal verification, Change Data Capture (CDC), and power analysis.
  • Experience in IP integration (e.g., Phase Lock Loops (PLLs), memories, and Analog IP) and analog routing.
  • Experience in a scripting language (e.g., Python, Perl or TCL).
  • Knowledge of Verilog/System Verilog.
  • Familiarity with low power design techniques (e.g., multi Vth/power/voltage domain design, clock gating, power gating, Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling (DVFS)/AVS, etc.).

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 Circuits Design Engineer, Clock Design you will collaborate with the architecture, logic design DFT, physical design, and circuits/technology teams to overcome the slowing of Moore’s Law in advanced technology nodes and deliver cutting edge ASIC’s and SoC’s. You will drive block and full-chip level physical implementation of clock distribution and optimize related quality of results (i.e., power, timing, area). You will perform technical evaluations of EDA vendors, process nodes, and IPs and will provide recommendations. You will develop new and novel solutions and methodologies that co-optimize across the entire design space, then see these through from inception to maturity and tapeout.

The ML, Systems & Cloud AI (MSCA) organization at Google designs, implements, and manages the hardware, software, machine learning, and systems infrastructure for all Google services (Search, YouTube, etc.) and Google Cloud. Our end users are Googlers, Cloud customers and the billions of people who use Google services around the world.

We prioritize security, efficiency, and reliability across everything we do - from developing our latest TPUs to running a global network, while driving towards shaping the future of hyperscale computing. Our global impact spans software and hardware, including Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, the leading AI platform for bringing Gemini models to enterprise customers.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $132,000-$189,000 + 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 .

Responsibilities

  • Perform full chip clock planning. Create timing constraints and own the physical implementation of clock macros.
  • Perform Spice simulations and run sign-off checks for the full-chip clock.
  • Work with logic designers to drive architectural feasibility studies, develop timing, power, and area design targets, and explore RTL/design tradeoffs for physical design closure.
  • Perform technical evaluations of vendors, process nodes, and IPs and provide recommendations.
  • Collaborate with teams across Google to develop ideas for high-impact clocking innovations for chip design projects.

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