Embedded Systems Engineer III, AR/XR OS | Equity & Bonus

Google; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

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Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a software engineer to design and maintain the low level system software for AR reference platforms, spanning bootloader, kernel, device drivers and Android HAL.

The role requires C/C++ and embedded OS experience; you will collaborate with EE to review schematic designs and develop hardware bring up, contributing to SOC and MCU software while optimizing power and stability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in C/C++.
• 2 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the low level system software that enables our AR reference platforms.
• Contribute across subsystems including bootloader, kernel, device drivers and Android HAL.
• Contribute to both SOC (Android) and MCU (RTOS) software.
• Optimize power consumption, thermal envelope and improve system stability.
• Collaborate with EE team to review schematic designs and develop hardware bring up.

Skills

C/C++ development

Embedded systems

Data structures & algorithms

Git

Gerrit

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Linux

Android

Hardware debugging tools

Job description

Google is seeking a software engineer to design and maintain the low level system software for AR reference platforms, spanning bootloader, kernel, device drivers and Android HAL.

The role requires C/C++ and embedded OS experience; you will collaborate with EE to review schematic designs and develop hardware bring up, contributing to SOC and MCU software while optimizing power and stability.