Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems and Firmware

Google

Mountain View, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Accounts Payable, Algorithms, Android, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Natural Language, Business Growth, C++ Programming Language, Computer Firmware, Computer Science, Data Collection, Data Storage, Debugging Skills, Distributed Computing, Embedded Operating Systems, Embedded Systems, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Hardware Architecture, I2C, Information Retrieval, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Internet Search, Large-Scale Systems, Leadership, Linux Kernel, Microprocessor Architecture, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Network Design, Operating Systems, Peripheral Hardware, Product/Service Launch, Programming Languages, Realtime Operating System, Software Architecture, Software Architecture Design, Software Development, Software Engineering, Team Player, Telemetry, Testing, Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART), Unix Operating Systems, User Interface Design
LOCATION
Mountain View, CA
POSTED
19 days ago

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (C++).
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • Experience with RTOS (Real-Time Operating Systems) and Android build/development environments.
  • Experience with multi-processor architectures and inter-processor communication.
  • Experience with low-level debugging. Experience working with protobuf and RPCs.
  • Experience with on-chip peripherals (e.g., I2C, SPI, UART).
  • Knowledge of Unix/Linux environments and kernel development.

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

In this role, you will be responsible for all layers of software, from the platform up through the sensor stack and Wear OS, for first party wearable devices. You will focus on the interaction between co-processors and the main AP complex, as well as the co-processor itself, and algorithms and related sensors. You will also work to influence future hardware architectures to push the boundary of highly efficient ambient computing.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $174,000-$252,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize the software platform for wearable co-processors, including board bring-up, AP/co-processor communication, and on-chip peripherals.
  • Work with partner teams to improve sensors and CHRE frameworks.
  • Build and maintain a developer-friendly environment and abstraction layers to support other teams working on the co-processor.
  • Evaluate and prove out power, performance, and platform capabilities on new and unreleased hardware to inform next-generation wearable experiences.
  • Integrate and enhance frameworks for algorithm development, data collection, telemetry, and testing (e.g., unit, integration, hardware-in-the-loop).
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.

About the Company

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Google

Build for everyone

Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe.

It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families. They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

Learn more about Google’s benefits on this site featuring Googlers’ experience.

How we Hire

Google’s hiring process is an important part of our culture. Googlers care deeply about their teams and the people who make them up. In order to  build for everyone, we know that we need a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step in getting there.

Learn more about our hiring process.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer Software
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria
FOUNDED
1998
WEBSITE
https://goo.gle/4dbno6V