Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Google LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Sick leave

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google’s Platforms and Devices team seeks a Senior Software Engineer in Embedded Systems/Firmware. You will design, develop, test, and maintain software for Google’s devices across desktop, mobile, and environments, focusing on low-level systems programming in C/C++.

The role requires embedded OS experience and architecture design, with opportunities to influence multiple projects and collaborate globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in low level systems programming languages (e.g., C++ or C).
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded systems

Software design

Testing/QA

System programming

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google’s Platforms and Devices team seeks a Senior Software Engineer in Embedded Systems/Firmware. You will design, develop, test, and maintain software for Google’s devices across desktop, mobile, and environments, focusing on low-level systems programming in C/C++.

The role requires embedded OS experience and architecture design, with opportunities to influence multiple projects and collaborate globally.