Senior Embedded GPU Graphics Engineer

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a software engineer for the Pixel GPU driver team in Mountain View to own and evolve the kernel and user-space driver stack. You will develop new features, improve performance, bring up silicon, and debug challenging issues across the GPU software stack.

The role requires strong C/C++, GPU programming skills, and hardware-software integration experience. Expect in-person interviews and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

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 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

Device drivers

Embedded OS

GPU architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Rust

GPU programming

Job description

Google seeks a software engineer for the Pixel GPU driver team in Mountain View to own and evolve the kernel and user-space driver stack. You will develop new features, improve performance, bring up silicon, and debug challenging issues across the GPU software stack.

The role requires strong C/C++, GPU programming skills, and hardware-software integration experience. Expect in-person interviews and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.