Senior Embedded Systems Engineer, Platforms & Devices

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems, Platforms and Devices in San Jose, CA. You will work on low-level systems software across Google’s XR and platform devices, focusing on performance and reliability.

The role requires 5 years in C/C++ and embedded OS experience, with mentoring responsibilities and opportunities to lead design reviews. Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills are essential.

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.
• Experience with performance analysis, system profiling, and identifying software bottlenecks in 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

Low-level systems programming

Embedded OS

Performance analysis

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD preferred

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems, Platforms and Devices in San Jose, CA. You will work on low-level systems software across Google’s XR and platform devices, focusing on performance and reliability.

The role requires 5 years in C/C++ and embedded OS experience, with mentoring responsibilities and opportunities to lead design reviews. Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills are essential.