Firmware Engineer, Modem/Telephony Protocol and AI Automation

Google; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Pixel Testing Engineering team focuses on IMS/Telephony/NAS firmware and Android/Modem software testing to meet customer and project requirements. You will develop, customize and plan tests of Android/Modem software, analyze protocol issues, and collaborate with cross-layer teams to ensure high quality Pixel Android/Modem SW.

You will also apply AI and automation as a primary tool to accelerate tasks, drive innovation, and improve engineering processes, contributing to product velocity

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with IMS protocols and 3GPP NAS.
• 5 years of experience with LTE or 5G NR.

Responsibilities

• Develop, customize and plan tests of Android/Modem software to meet customer and project requirements in IMS/Telephony domain/NAS.
• Analyze Android/Modem IMS, NAS and AS protocol functional and performance issues.
• Collaborate with cross-layer teams (Telephony/IMS/NAS/AS) and cross-organization teams for prioritization and resolution of issues ensuring high quality Pixel Android/Modem SW.
• Use AI and automation as a primary vehicle to execute work and enhance productivity, innovate solutions for issue triage and other mundane tasks.
• Generate ideas, develop features, build SW/HW systems and/or improve engineering processes and automation to help product velocity and quality.

Skills

IMS protocols

3GPP NAS

LTE/5G NR

Android/Modem software development

Automation with AI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communication Engineering / Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Job description

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.
With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

As a protocol IMS/Telephony/NAS Firmware Engineer in Pixel Testing Engineering, you\'ll focus on carrier feature development/customization/testing and performance enhancement of IMS/Telephony/NAS features, working closely with Pixel SW teams and chipset vendors. You\'ll be the PoC for Pixel, launch testing for carriers in the region, overseeing cellular feature/regression/certification functional and performance test execution, debugging, analyzing and working with IMS/NAS/AS teams for the resolution.

You will also be actively working to develop AI driven automation not only for automating your own tasks but also in innovating and contributing to streamlining processes used by the team.

The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world\'s most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor\'s degree in Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with IMS protocols and 3GPP NAS.
• 5 years of experience with LTE or 5G NR.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experiences in Android/Modem software development/testing/engineering, problem resolving and troubleshooting.
• Experience with programming, scripting or engineering automation using AI.
• Experience and understanding of 3GPP LTE/NR Layer 3 NAS protocol standards.
• Familiarity with IMS protocol standards, VoLTE, VoNR, VoWifi.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, customize and plan tests of Android/Modem software to meet customer and project requirements in IMS/Telephony domain/NAS. Think critically of end user mobile use cases to uncover issues during the test campaign by systematically adding scenarios to test coverage for increasing confidence on Pixel product.
• Analyze Android/Modem IMS, NAS and AS protocol functional and performance issues.
• Collaborate with cross-layer teams (Telephony/IMS/NAS/AS) and cross-organization teams (Android SW, TPM/TAM and HW) for intime prioritization and resolution of issue ensuing high quality Pixel Android/Modem SW.
• Use AI and automation as a primary vehicle to execute work and enhance productivity, innovate solutions for issue triage and other mundane task.
• Generate ideas, develop features, build SW/HW systems and/or improve engineering processes and automation to help product velocity and quality.