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# Software Engineer, Machine Learning/AI Accelerator

- **Company:** Waymo
- **Location:** Hamburg, Germany
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Dynamic Random-Access Memory, Memory Management, Firmware, Machine Learning, PCI Express, Real-Time Operating Systems, Tensorflow, Reduced Instruction Set Computing, Software Engineering, Application Specific Integrated Circuits
- **Published:** May 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4f5611e101c22366

## About the Role

* 3+ years of experience in software development
 * Baremetal or RTOS firmware development experience
 * Experience with embedded architectures, IO technologies (e.g. PCIe, DRAM, AXI, etc.), and hardware/software interactions
 * Strong C, C++ skills

We prefer:

 * Experience with RISC-V architecture
 * Experience with ML frameworks like TensorFlow or JAX
 * Familiar with hardware-software co-design principles
 * Experience with silicon emulator

You must create an Indeed account before continuing to the company website to apply

## Description

This role follows a hybrid work schedule, and you will report to the Tech Lead Manager of the Compute team.

You will:

 * Design and implement full stack solution from firmware, low-level drivers, APIs for ML accelerator chips
 * Analyze and optimize firmware and driver performance for demanding AI workloads
 * Collaborate with hardware engineers closely throughout the ASIC design and verification processes
 * Design and implement efficient memory management solutions including NUMA, IOMMU, etc


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