ASIC Design Verification 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. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Silicon Engineering Lead You will: Work closely with the design team to define specifications and test plans Execute on test plans, including test development, reference model design, and failure debug. Verify key functionality and performance use cases. Contribute to the development of overall verification infrastructure, tools, and methodology Identify and integrate third-party verification IP Collect and analyze coverage metrics Advocate and establish verification best-practices You have: 3+ years of experience with using UVM to verify ASICs Strong SystemVerilog coding knowledge and skills Experience with complex digital designs Advanced verification techniques like constrained random generation, functional coverage, and assertions Excellent verbal and written communication skills We prefer: Experience with the full digital design verification cycle -- from spec through bring-up Experience with performance and power validation, digital design (RTL), and formal verification Experience with machine learning and other high performance compute elements Experience with C/C++ for reference model development and enhancement Familiarity with formal verification methods Experience with industry standard protocols, interfaces, and IP components, such as PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, and NoCs 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 $170,000—$216,000 USD