System Power and Performance Architect, Silicon

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$150,000 - $223,000
Embedded
Mid-Level Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
AI

Description For System Power and Performance Architect, Silicon

Google is seeking a System Power and Performance Architect for their Silicon team to work on cutting-edge custom silicon solutions powering Google's direct-to-consumer products. This role combines hardware architecture expertise with software optimization, focusing on Google Tensor mobile SoCs. The position requires deep understanding of power-performance trade-offs, SoC architectures, and experience with Camera and GenAI workloads.

The role involves architecting low-power solutions, creating workload models, defining KPIs, and driving optimization efforts across cross-functional teams. You'll be working on next-generation hardware experiences that impact millions of users worldwide, specifically focusing on camera and GenAI use cases.

As part of Google's hardware team, you'll contribute to the innovation that combines Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences. The position offers competitive compensation including base salary, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

The ideal candidate should have strong background in electrical engineering or computer science, with experience in SoC performance analysis and optimization. Knowledge of Android/Linux systems, power management concepts, and programming skills in Python or C++ are valuable assets.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about hardware architecture and optimization, wanting to work at the intersection of AI and mobile computing, while contributing to products that impact millions of users globally.

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Responsibilities For System Power and Performance Architect, Silicon

  • Architect and drive low power solutions for Google Tensor mobile SoCs to optimize Power-Performance-Area (PPA) under peak current and thermal constraints
  • Create use case workload and data and control flow models for use case power, performance, thermal and DoU evaluation
  • Define power/performance Key Performance Indicators (KPI's), set SoC/IP-level power/performance targets
  • Drive power-performance what-if trade-off analysis to guide product roadmap and feature decisions
  • Perform post-silicon power and performance characterization, create power walks and guide cross-functional teams

Requirements For System Power and Performance Architect, Silicon

Python
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 years of experience in SoC performance or power analysis, modeling and optimizations
  • Experience with SoC architectures and performance and power KPIs
  • Experience in software power optimizations (Android, Linux)

Benefits For System Power and Performance Architect, Silicon

Medical Insurance
Equity
  • Base salary + bonus + equity + benefits

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