Historical snapshotmid (4–5 yrs)Captured Sep 25, 2026, 11:22 a.m.

RTL Design Engineer, TPU Compute

Google

Location
Sunnyvale, CA, United States · Onsite
Compensation
$138,000 - $197,000 USD annually
Employment
Full-time
Experience level
MID (4–5 years exp)
Specialization
Design Engineer, Google
Source
Google

Role Overview

In this role, you’ll work to shape the future of AI/ML hardware acceleration. You will have an opportunity to drive cutting-edge TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) technology that powers Google's most demanding AI/ML applications. You’ll be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's TPU. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide, and leverage your design and verification expertise to verify complex digital designs, with a specific focus on TPU architecture and its integration within AI/ML-driven systems.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

  • Work on their own to create and review Compute subsystem's design microarchitecture specifications.
  • Develop SystemVerilog RTL to implement logic for ASIC products according to established coding and quality guidelines.
  • Work with design validation (DV) teams to create testplans to verify, and debug design RTL.
  • Work with physical design teams to ensure design meets physical requirements and timing closure.

Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4 years of experience with digital design experience using SystemVerilog RTL.
  • Experience with Computer Architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
  • Experience interacting with software, architecture, and other cross-functional teams.
  • Experience applying computer architecture principles to solve open-ended problems.
  • Knowledge of processor design, accelerators, or memory hierarchies.

Application Instructions

Apply directly on Google Careers at RTL Design Engineer, TPU Compute.

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