Silicon Validation Engineer

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.

Waymo's Compute Team is tasked with a critical and exciting mission: We deliver the compute platform responsible for running the fully autonomous vehicle's software stack. To achieve our mission, we architect and create high-performance custom silicon; we develop system-level compute architectures that push the boundaries of performance, power, and latency; and we collaborate closely with many other teammates to ensure we design and optimize hardware and software for maximum performance. We are a multidisciplinary team seeking curious and talented teammates to work on one of the world's highest performance automotive compute platforms.

In this role, you'll report to a Hardware Engineering Manager.

This position will require the ability to work some hours that align with the team in the Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) zone on an as needed basis.

You will:

• Establish a good understanding of chip's architecture, intended functionality and IPs
• Collaborate with verification and emulation teams in the pre-silicon phase, and create post-silicon test plans
• Perform functional and performance validation to to make sure the chip meets expectations
• Develop and execute stress test and PVT corner characterization to ensure robustness
• Effectively debug failures encountered during testing
• Develop automation for test execution, data post-process and reporting

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in silicon validation and bring-up of complex ASIC
• Demonstrated experience in at least one of the following areas, with a proven ability to apply that knowledge to silicon validation: IC design, verification, emulation, sw/fw development
• Experience in design or validation of at least one of the following subsystems: DDR, high-speed SerDes, Ethernet, CPU, GPU, NoC
• Proficiency in at least one of the programming or scripting languages: C/C++, System Verilog, Python
• Proficiency in lab equipment and debug tools, such as oscilloscope, protocol analyzer, JTAG debugger, etc

We prefer:

• Experience with peripheral interfaces and protocols, such as I2C, SPI, UART, JTAG
• Familiarity with automotive standards and test methodologies
• Experience in developing and utilizing automated test scripts and frameworks for validation efficiency.
• Exposure to pre-silicon verification methodologies and the ability to ability to correlate with post-silicon results
• Experience in electrical validation and compliance test for IO interfaces

The expected base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level.  Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.