Senior Embedded Systems Lead – MCU/RTOS

Google LLC; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 216,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Bonus target 20%

Benefits

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Staff Software Developer for Embedded Systems/Firmware in Canada. You will lead a team at the hardware-software frontier, define roadmaps, and drive end-to-end delivery on resource-constrained platforms.

The role emphasizes leadership, architecture influence, and cross-functional collaboration across Hardware, Product, and UX. The position requires strong C/C++ skills, embedded OS experience, and prior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in software or related field.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 3 years of experience with embedded operating systems.
• 3 years in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years in people management or team leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive project priorities, schedules and deliverables.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain software solutions.
• Lead embedded developers team bridging hardware and software for MCU/SoC platforms.
• Clarify technical direction and influence the Glasses platform architecture.

Skills

Technical leadership

People management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

C/C++

Android platform development

MCU RTOS

Job description

Google LLC is seeking a Staff Software Developer for Embedded Systems/Firmware in Canada. You will lead a team at the hardware-software frontier, define roadmaps, and drive end-to-end delivery on resource-constrained platforms.

The role emphasizes leadership, architecture influence, and cross-functional collaboration across Hardware, Product, and UX. The position requires strong C/C++ skills, embedded OS experience, and prior leadership.