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Posted 09 June, 2026
Google

Performance, Power and Thermal Architect, Silicon

Google
San Diego;Mountain View CA;CA USA;USA Full Time
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Diego, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4 years of experience with performance or power refinment.
  • Experience with SoC, CPU, GPU, ISP, Memory, or Caches.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
  • Experience with one or more of these areas: QoS tuning, bandwidth and latency analysis, scheduler, DVFS governor, power state control, thermal management, device drivers.
  • Experience with processor core architectures (such as ARM, x86, RISC-V, etc.) and IPs commonly used in SoC designs.
  • Experience with on-device ML/compute optimization.
  • Experience with performance and power analysis.

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 Performance, Power and Thermal Architect, you will help drive Mobile SoC Architecture optimized for Performance, Power and Thermal. This role will analyze mobile workloads, identify performance bottlenecks and power optimization opportunities in hardware/software architecture, and work with cross-functional teams to implement these solutions.

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: $138000 - $198000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct performance, power, thermal analysis in both qualitative and quantitative fashion effectively.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks across workloads on Mobile SoCs and suggest potential optimizations to improve Performance/Power.
  • Identify software and hardware architectural optimizations for mobile/tablet workloads (ML/Gen-AI, Browsing, Camera, etc).
  • Evaluate architectural options, trade-offs (CPU Cache sizing, Core configuration, Memory controller QoS, etc) and develop architecture proposals /justification.
  • Perform Deep-dive analyses for CPU, GPU, ML/Gen-AI and Memory bound workloads.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.