Physical Design Engineer

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's 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's fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ 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 hybrid role, you will report to an ASIC Design Manager.
You Will

• Participate in the Physical Design of advanced silicon for our self-driving cars
• Contribute to the design and closure of the full chip and individual blocks from RTL-to-GDS
• Collaborate with internal logic and internal and external PD teams to achieve the best PPA possible. This includes conducting feasibility studies for new microarchitectures as well as optimizing runs for finished RTL.

You Have

• 6+ years of experience on PD design tasks in advanced silicon nodes with a minimum of 3 tapeouts
• Experience with owning complex, high frequency blocks from RTL-to-GDS with an understanding of floorplanning, synthesis, place and route (including CTS), timing closure, and sign off
• Expertise in defining and developing the signoff methodology across multiple domains, including power integrity (EM/IR), and physical verification (DRC/LVS).
• Experience with multi-power-domain sub-system and chip-top level assembly/closure. Familiar with UPF based PD flow and methodology.
• Ability to automate EDA tasks through scripting. Competency with TCL and Python
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated capability to work under tight schedule

We Prefer

• Proficient in Static Timing Analysis (STA), with a deep understanding of how to define timing corners, margins and derates.
• Experience with CAD flow development.
• Experience working with external partners on PD closure
• Understanding of DFT including Scan, MBIST and LBIST.
• Deep understanding of performance, power and area (PPA) tradeoffs
• Strong experience with back end flows (LEC, PI/SI, DRC/LVS, etc)

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations 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. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

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.

Salary Range

$204,000—$259,000 USD