Software Engineer, Kernel and Firmware, Silicon Engineering

Google LLC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Bengaluru is recruiting for a Software Engineer, Kernel and Firmware, Silicon Engineering to design and implement embedded software and drivers for next‑gen devices. This role involves close collaboration with hardware teams and requires hands-on development and testing of firmware in Linux environments.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in embedded systems, kernel or RTOS, and experience crafting robust device drivers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience in development, testing and deployment of consumer electronics/embedded systems.
• 1 year experience with embedded programming in C.
• Experience with embedded systems, kernel, Linux, Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) or firmware, device driver.

Responsibilities

• Design software that can delight application developers and let them use hardware accelerators seamlessly.
• Implement and validate firmware and Linux drivers for optimal power consumption and performance.
• Design, development, and test embedded software drivers for the next generation of smart devices.

Skills

Embedded systems

C programming

Linux kernel

RTOS

Device drivers

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Software Engineer, Kernel and Firmware, Silicon Engineering

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In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience in development, testing and deployment of consumer electronics/embedded systems.
• 1 year experience with embedded programming in C.
• Experience with embedded systems, kernel, Linux, Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) or firmware, device driver.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Foundation/experience in Electrical, Electronics or Computer streams with competencies in Embedded domain, data structures and algorithms, and software design.
• Experience working closely with hardware designers and reading schematics.
• Experience with ARM or other low-power System on a Chip (SoC) architectures, memory system, fabric, Linux kernel, device drivers etc.
• Experience with interface protocols (e.g., USB, SPI, I2C, UART, UFS, Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)), power management, system integration, software stacks, drivers.

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.

Responsibilities

• Design a software that can ultimately delight our application developers, and that can let them make use of hardware accelerators seamlessly and in a timely manner.
• Implement and validate firmware and Linux drivers for optimal power consumption and performance.
• Design, development, and test embedded software drivers for the next generation of smart devices.

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