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Staff Hardware/Software Systems Architect, Silicon

Google • Operating Systems • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Bachelor's Degree • 7 days ago
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Architect · 10+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 2, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 15, 2026. Google scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Google is an American technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and now the principal subsidiary of Alphabet, headquartered in Mountain View, California. It operates the world's dominant search engine and the advertising system built around it, along with YouTube, Android, Chrome, Gmail, Maps, Workspace and Google Cloud, reaching billions of users across nearly every internet-connected market. The company designs its own silicon in the Tensor Processing Unit line, develops the Gemini foundation models through Google DeepMind, and derives most of its revenue from advertising while cloud has become its fastest growing segment.
google.com • HQ: Mountain View, United States • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Consumer Internet Groups • Foundation Models • Operating Systems • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Video & Photo Sharing • Advertising • Search Engines • 11-50 employees • Est. 1998
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Backed by Y Combinator, Frontline, Seraphim Space

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.

As a member of the Silicon System Architecture team, you will drive the hardware/software co-design of next-generation SoCs. By leveraging your deep systems expertise, you will directly shape the roadmap for custom IP, SoC platforms, and system software.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. We aim to make people's lives better through technology.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $192000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

  • Guide strategic hardware decisions through deep-dive analysis of full-system workloads and first-party software stacks.
  • Shape software architecture to unlock the full potential and specialized capabilities of custom silicon.
  • Partner with Google Research, Pixel, and platform software teams to engineer category-defining features and user experiences.
  • Architect end-to-end solutions that optimize for power, performance, and area (PPA) targets.
  • Manage complex system-level bottlenecks by advocating bold, creative architectural approaches.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience with Mobile/Embedded SoCs.
  • Experience designing system architecture from a software perspective.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
  • Expertise with Android architecture, Kernel, frameworks, services, etc.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of interactions between software and different IP blocks, general and special purpose compute units.
  • Understanding of computer architecture in embedded systems.
  • Ability to traverse across the stack from Silicon to Apps.
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