we are looking for a Hardware Lead Engineer.
As HW Lead Engineer, in the Nitro team, you will be responsible for defining Annapurna Labs Smart Network Interface Card (NIC) design, leading development and validation cycles, and bringing the product to healthy mass production.
Youll provide leadership in new technologies, bringing them to large-scale deployment, in a continuous effort to deliver a world-class customer experience. We offer a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, where youll work with technical experts, senior leaders, covering multiple technologies. We are changing the industry, and looking for individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
Key job responsibilities:
- Define the architecture and design specifications of next generation K2 Nitro Cards.
- Own full product life cycle, engage with design partners and manufacturing sites to enable high-yield mass production.
- Lead the analysis and debugging of complex design, manufacturing, and integration challenges.
- Continuously design for process optimization to improve product quality, simplify workflows, and accelerate the Nitro card development lifecycle.

about the job
be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of our company'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.
the ai and infrastructure team is redefining whats possible. we empower our company customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering ai and infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. our customers, our company cloud customers, and billions of our company users worldwide. we're the driving force behind our company'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 our company cloud, our company global networking, data center operations, systems research, and much more.
responsibilities
collaborate with architecture, design, and verification teams to develop new product bring-up, validation, characterization, and qualification strategies, manufacturing TEST solutions for new high performance computing (hpc) products in advanced process technologies.
verify TEST solutions on pre-silicon models (simulation or emulation) and develop ate TEST modules, dc tests, binning, production flows, and characterization flows.
develop and validate TEST programs on ate platforms for new product integration (npi) in preparation for high volume manufacturing (hvm), working with ate vendors.
support product sustainability, including volume data analysis of screening and characterization data, TEST time and yield improvements, TEST escapees and return merchandise authorizations (rmas) assessments, failure localization, containment measure implementation, and partnership with design manufacturing, quality, and reliability teams to root cause and implement corrective actions.
develop tools, flows, and methodologies to continuously improve and automate the testing.

you will collaborate closely with design and Verification engineers in active projects, creating architecture definitions with rtl coding, and running block level simulations.as a design & power methodology team manager within the server chip design team, you will be responsible of managing and leading design and power methodologies from ip to SOC, pre and post silicon. you will be responsible for mentoring and developing team members and tech leads while driving improvements in leadership, technical execution, and design flows.you will work closely with cad vendors and internal teams to develop lead design and power methodology and execution.the ai and infrastructure team is redefining whats 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
manage a team of tech leads and designers. develop and mentor team members, and communicate and co-work with multi-disciplined and multi-site teams.
lead flow and methodology development and assimilation across multiple groups. work closely with cad tool providers as well as internal cad teams.
plan, execute, track progress, assure quality, and report status.
work closely with internal customers and support multiple activities and deliverables.
drive design methodologies such as design construction, cdc, rdc, sdc. drive power at: ip and SOC rtl/gate level optimization, estimation, correlation.

about the job
be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of our company'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.
in this role, you will be part of a team developing application-specific integrated circuits (asics) used to accelerate networking in data centers. you will have multiple responsibilities in areas such as project definition, design, and implementation. you will participate in the design, architecture, documentation, and implementation of the next generation of data center accelerators.you will also be responsible for performance analysis for a networking stack using your knowledge.the ml, systems, & cloud ai (msca) organization at our company designs, implements, and manages the hardware, software, Machine Learning, and systems infrastructure for all our company services (search, youtube, etc.) and our company cloud. our end users, cloud customers and the billions of people who use our company 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 our company clouds vertex ai, the leading ai platform for bringing gemini models to enterprise customers.
responsibilities
lead an asic subsystem.
understand how it interacts with software and other asic subsystems to implement data center networks.
define hardware/software interfaces. write micro architecture and design specifications.
define efficient micro-architecture and block partitioning/interfaces and flows.
collaborate closely with software, verification, and physical design stakeholders to ensure the designs are complete, correct, and performant.

be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of our 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.
in this role, you will use application-specific integrated circuit (asic) design experience to be part of a team that develops complex asic system -on-chip ( SOC ) intellectual property from proof-of-concept to production. this includes creating ip level microarchitecture definitions, register-transfer level (rtl) coding and all rtl quality checks. you will also have the opportunity to contribute to design flow and methodologies, including design generation automation. you will collaborate with members of architecture, software, verification, power, timing, synthesis design for testing etc. you will develop/define design options for performance, power and area.the ml, systems, & cloud ai (msca) organization at our designs, implements, and manages the hardware, software, Machine Learning, and systems infrastructure for all our services (search, youtube, etc.) and cloud. our end users are, cloud customers and the billions of people who use 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 clouds vertex ai, the leading ai platform for bringing gemini models to enterprise customers.
responsibilities
define the ip microarchitecture level design document such as interface protocol, block diagram, transaction flow, pipeline etc.
perform rtl development (coding and debug in verilog, systemverilog).
conduct function/performance simulation debug and lint/cdc/fv/upf checks.
engage in synthesis, timing/power closure, and asic silicon bring-up.
contribute to verification TEST plan and coverage analysis of block and SOC -level.

we're the driving team behind 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
define the block level design documents such as interface protocol, block diagram, transaction flow, pipeline, and more.
perform rtl development (e.g., coding and debug in verilog, systemverilog, vhsic hardware description language (vhdl)), function/performance simulation debug, and lint/cdc/fv/upf checks.
participate in synthesis, timing/power, and fpga/silicon bring-up.
participate in TEST plan and coverage analysis of the block and SOC -level verification.
communicate and work with multi-disciplined and multi-site teams.

as a Hardware Engineer, you design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. you develop from the lowest levels of circuit design to large system design and see those systems all the way through to high volume manufacturing. your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers affecting millions of google users.
as a cmos technologist and foundry engineer, you'll be part of the growing chip design team. in this role, you'll be responsible for driving cmos (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) foundry partners, intellectual property (ip), and chip design and implementation teams to perform cmos transistor scaling and power/performance analysis (ppa), and producing technology roadmap benchmarks. you will also be involved in interfacing and driving our design ip partners.the ai and infrastructure team is redefining whats 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
engage with cmos foundry partners, manage foundry design kits and design library collaterals, and work with our design teams to perform ppa simulations on benchmark circuits.
work with fab partners on device and circuit level TEST structures, TEST chips, and characterization and correlation of silicon data. you will use the results of this work to influence design optimizations.
work with ip partners, design, and physical design teams to design advanced cmos.
work with chip implementation and physical design teams on micro-architecture tradeoffs, support design tool flow bring-up, and address all physical implementation details leading to product tapeout.
work with our commercial and product teams on foundry and ip vendor management, track technology roadmaps, and determine appropriate technology and ip integration strategies.

be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of our 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.
with your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. you will design, develop, TEST, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.the ml, systems, & cloud ai (msca) organization at our designs, implements, and manages the hardware, software, Machine Learning, and systems infrastructure for all our services (search, youtube, etc.) and our cloud. our end users are  cloud customers and the billions of people who use our 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 our clouds vertex ai, the leading ai platform for bringing gemini models to enterprise customers.
responsibilities
create software solutions that improve the hardware post-silicon testing process through automation. this includes, but is not limited to, developing and maintaining an automatic TEST equipment (ate) program development infrastructure for both production and development environments.
propose, design and implement software automation that directly addresses bottlenecks in today's post-silicon TEST flow, from design for testing (dft) to ate.
review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

As a Design Verification Manager for the IP Group, you will lead a focused team responsible for the quality and reliability of our critical IP blocks. You will steer the IP verification roadmap, oversee the development of complex testbenches, and ensure our next-generation AI silicon meets the highest standards. Leading a team of talented engineers, you will tackle challenges at the unit and sub-system levels, playing a pivotal role in delivering high-performance hardware for the worlds largest AI clusters.

Key Responsibilities



Lead and mentor a team of design verification engineers, defining the technical roadmap and methodology for ASIC verification across unit and IP/sub-system levels
Drive the creation and execution of comprehensive design verification plans, ensuring all functional requirements are met on schedule for complex digital IPs
Oversee the architecture and maintenance of block-level verification strategies, heavily utilizing SV-UVM, alongside Formal Verification where applicable
Define functional coverage goals and quality metrics, driving the IP team toward 100% verification closure and sign-off
Partner closely with IP Design and Architecture teams to align on specifications, root-cause complex bugs, and optimize the IP development cycle

about the job
be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of 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 part of our server chip design team, you will use the asic design experience to be part of a team that creates the SOC vlsi design cycle from start to finish. you will collaborate with design and Verification engineers in active projects, creating architecture definitions with rtl coding, and running block level simulations.the ml, systems, & cloud ai (msca) organization  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 clouds vertex ai, the leading ai platform for bringing gemini models to enterprise customers.
responsibilities
lead the design activities at ips, subsystems(s.s) and SOC.
plan, execute, track progress, assure quality, report status of the assigned activity.
lead a team of designers both directly and in teams.
define the block/ SOC level design documents such as micro architectural specifications.
own ip, s, SOC strategies for clocks, resets, and debugs. enforce global methodologies and drive enhancements.