Alphabet · Mountain View, CA

Senior Research Engineer, AI Assisted Chip Design, DeepMind

Mountain View, CA, USASenior individual contributorDesign

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Job description

Minimum qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages. 3 years of experience building and shipping technical products. Experience with the domain area of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLM). 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field. 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role. Experience developing accessible technologies. About the job In this role, you will develop and apply state-of-the-art AI methods—including multi-turn agentic flows, reinforcement learning (RLVR, RLAIF, RLHF), and evolutionary search to chip design, collaborating closely with research and production silicon teams across Google.

As a part of the team, composed of research scientists, research engineers, and software engineers, has already delivered significant impact on real products and flagship Google silicon through foundational research breakthroughs. You will work in lockstep with hardware architects, RTL/DV engineers, and ML model developers to integrate cutting-edge research directly into production chips. As a part of the AI-assisted chip design team, you will leverage Gemini to optimize the EDA life-cycle and significantly accelerate silicon development.

You will solve complex challenges across all design stages, improve Gemini for silicon applications to streamline hardware design and verification, enhance efficiency, and reduce time-to-market.Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users.

We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority. We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer varied learning opportunities and career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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$174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google .

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