Senior Embedded GPU Driver Engineer – Graphics & Hardware

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

Job summary

Google’s Pixel GPU driver team is hiring a software engineer to share ownership of the kernel GPU driver and the user-space graphics driver stack. You will develop new features, improve performance, bring silicon up, and help define future software and hardware requirements for Pixel devices.

This role requires strong C/C++ skills, experience with embedded systems and device drivers, and the ability to debug complex kernel and user-mode issues across desktop, mobile, and embedded environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in low level systems programming languages (C/C++).
• 3 years of experience developing and maintaining device drivers that interface software with hardware.
• 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• 1 year of experience with Graphics Processing Units or GPU architecture and its role in a system.

Responsibilities

• Develop GPU graphics and compute technologies spanning the full GPU software stack.
• Seek general solutions to problems, minimizing application or device-specific workarounds to serve users of all Pixel devices, including in-market devices.
• Help evaluate and bring-up devices and work with product and engineering teams to define the role and requirements of the GPU in future product designs.
• Debug sophisticated user mode and kernel mode problems.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Device driver development

Embedded systems

GPU architecture

Graphics drivers

Education

Master's or PhD in CS or related field

Tools

Rust

Job description

Google’s Pixel GPU driver team is hiring a software engineer to share ownership of the kernel GPU driver and the user-space graphics driver stack. You will develop new features, improve performance, bring silicon up, and help define future software and hardware requirements for Pixel devices.

This role requires strong C/C++ skills, experience with embedded systems and device drivers, and the ability to debug complex kernel and user-mode issues across desktop, mobile, and embedded environments.