Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Platforms & Devices

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

Job summary

Google is seeking software engineers to work on next‑generation technologies that affect billions of users. You will tackle large‑scale systems across XR, AI, and core platforms, and collaborate with diverse teams. Based in California, you may work from San Jose or San Francisco, with opportunities to switch teams as projects evolve.

Google rewards leadership, coding excellence, and impact. This role emphasizes end‑to‑end ownership, strong design skills, and readiness to learn new domains in a

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 OS

Software testing

Software design

Leadership

Data structures

Algorithms

Computer vision

Accessibility tech

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master/PhD preferred

Job description

Google is seeking software engineers to work on next‑generation technologies that affect billions of users. You will tackle large‑scale systems across XR, AI, and core platforms, and collaborate with diverse teams. Based in California, you may work from San Jose or San Francisco, with opportunities to switch teams as projects evolve.

Google rewards leadership, coding excellence, and impact. This role emphasizes end‑to‑end ownership, strong design skills, and readiness to learn new domains in a