SoC Interface Architect, Silicon

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in architecture, microarchitecture, design, or physical design of low speed interfaces or GPIO.
• Experience in protocols such as Improved Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) , Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART) , Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience with the following protocols: Inter-IC Sound (I2S), Joint Test Action Group (JTAG), Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM), Persistent Data Masking (PDM), SoundWire, System Power Management Interface (SPMI).
• Experience in IO timing closure and with GPIO circuit design.
• Experience in Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) protocols like Improved Inter-Integrated Circuit (I3C), I2C, UART, and SPI.

Responsibilities

• Define the requirements and author architecture specifications and the programming guides.
• Analyze performance, power, area, and cost trade-offs.
• Perform Third-Party IP phones (3PIP) selection of low speed interface IPs and General Purpose input/output (GPIO) IPs.
• Define and maintain SoC input/output (IO) map collaborating with the system team.
• Lead and support throughout the life cycle of low speed interfaces development.

About the job

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google'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.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.