Waymo
Staff SoC Design Engineer
$251K–$310K
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 10+ years of industry experience; multiple successful ASIC tapeouts.
- Education
- MS degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Defines and leads SoC architecture, microarchitecture, and implementation for Waymo’s autonomous vehicle compute platform, from design exploration through tapeout and production.
What you'll do
- Define SoC architecture and microarchitecture, translating system requirements into hardware specifications and RTL.
- Lead design of IPs and subsystems, including cache/memory hierarchies, NoC interconnects, and custom accelerators; optimize power, area, and performance.
- Drive feature closure with hardware and software teams, mentor engineers, and guide vendor relationships and third-party IP selection.
What they ask for
- MS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of industry experience in ASIC/SoC digital design, microarchitecture, and integration, including ownership of major blocks or subsystems.
- Technical leadership from concept to production and hands-on experience with multiple successful ASIC tapeouts.
- Deep SystemVerilog expertise and strong understanding of computer architecture, memory systems, cache coherence, and high-speed on-chip interconnects.
Nice to have
- PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with hardware/software co-design, AI tools for design and debug, or Chisel (Scala) and other hardware DSLs.
Pay
$251,000 — $310,000 USD base salary
Tools
SystemVerilog, Python, C++, Chisel, Scala, DSPs, GPUs, ML accelerators
AI focus
Preferred fluency and comfort with AI tools to accelerate and improve design and debug.
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