Pixel Performance Software Engineer

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a software engineer for Pixel Device Performance Software to support SoC bring-up and optimize performance and power efficiency across Pixel devices. You will develop DVFS algorithms, review architecture choices, and profile user journeys to enhance battery life and responsiveness.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams across platforms, devices, and services to push hardware-software integration forward and scale workloads for next-generation devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of software development experience in one or more programming languages (e.g., C) or 1 year with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with hardware (ideally ARM, other architectures acceptable).

Responsibilities

• Work on latest Pixel releases focusing on SoC bring-up, performance and power efficiency. Review design and power management architecture for future SoCs.
• Develop algorithms to improve Android workload efficiency (DVFS, governors, scheduler, runtimes). Evaluate software and hardware design choices on key workloads.
• Profile and analyze critical user journeys to identify and improve performance and power efficiency for Pixel devices.
• Analyze utilization of key SoC components like CPU, GPU, and Fabrics.
• Develop infrastructure for effective Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS).

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Embedded OS experience

Data structures & algorithms

Hardware experience (ARM)

Tools

None

Job description

Google seeks a software engineer for Pixel Device Performance Software to support SoC bring-up and optimize performance and power efficiency across Pixel devices. You will develop DVFS algorithms, review architecture choices, and profile user journeys to enhance battery life and responsiveness.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams across platforms, devices, and services to push hardware-software integration forward and scale workloads for next-generation devices.