Senior Embedded Software Engineer (C/C++) - Production Firmware

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

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Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a software engineer to work on XR hardware and software at scale, joining a team that combines AI with lightweight XR devices such as smart glasses and headsets. You will help deliver personalized, contextual experiences and contribute to architecture and production readiness.

Ideal candidates have strong C/C++, embedded systems, and production experience across consumer electronics and AI-enabled software stacks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development in C/C++.
• 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of design/architecture.
• 3 years of experience with embedded operating systems.
• Experience taking consumer electronics devices to production.

Responsibilities

• Product software and hardware readiness, and guiding the product through launch milestones.
• Device specific support and polish, and applying core tech to production.

Skills

C/C++

Software testing

Embedded systems

Production readiness

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

Gerrit

RTOS

Job description

Google is seeking a software engineer to work on XR hardware and software at scale, joining a team that combines AI with lightweight XR devices such as smart glasses and headsets. You will help deliver personalized, contextual experiences and contribute to architecture and production readiness.

Ideal candidates have strong C/C++, embedded systems, and production experience across consumer electronics and AI-enabled software stacks.