Facebook

ASIC Engineer, Architecture

Posted on: 6 Apr 2021

Sunnyvale, CA

Job Description

Facebook is seeking an ASIC Engineer, Architecture to join our Infrastructure organization. Our servers and data centers are the foundation upon which our rapidly scaling infrastructure efficiently operates and upon which our innovative services are delivered. By holding this role, you will be an integral member of an ASIC team to build accelerators for some of our top workloads enabling our data centers to scale efficiently. You will have an opportunity to work with AI/ML and video codec experts in the company, help architect state-of-the art machine learning accelerators and video transcoders and contribute to modeling these accelerators. Come work and learn alongside our expert engineers to build Green data center accelerators.

ASIC Engineer, Architecture Responsibilities

* Work on advanced architecture, algorithms and models targeting either video compression or Machine Learning solutions

* Analyze and map data center workloads to ASIC architecture, as well as develop performance and functional models to validate the architecture

* Implement and analyze algorithms and enhanced architecture for the data center accelerators

* Implement various models needed for the validation of the accelerators

Minimum Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related areas

* Experience and knowledge of Computer Architecture concepts such as processor architecture, memory systems and on-chip interconnection networks

* Programming in C, C++ or related Object Oriented Programming

* Experience and knowledge in one of the following areas - machine learning architectures, Digital Signal Processing or video codecs

Preferred Qualifications

* Masters or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related areas

* Experience driving power and performance trade-offs

Locations

About the Facebook company

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.

Facebook is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or who are neurodivergent, and to candidates with sincerely held religious beliefs or requiring pregnancy related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com.

Facebook

Menlo Park, CA

Facebook, Inc. provides various products to connect and share through mobile devices, personal computers, and other surfaces worldwide. The company’s products include Facebook that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and messages; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp, a messaging application for use by people and businesses to communicate in a private way. It also provides Oculus, a hardware, software, and developer ecosystem, which allows people to come together and connect with each other through its Oculus virtual reality products. As of December 31, 2018, it had approximately 1.52 billion daily active users. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

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