Senior Kernel Engineer - Rust & Zircon (Fuchsia)

Google Inc.; Mountain View, Seattle (CA, WA); Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement 401(k)

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google seeks a Kernel Senior Software Engineer for Fuchsia to design and implement core OS components on Zircon. You will work on low-level memory management, thread scheduling, and safe C++ to Rust interoperability across the Zircon kernel team.

The role emphasizes building robust, secure kernel infrastructure and collaborating with cross-functional teams to advance Google's next-generation OS platform with strong emphasis on performance and memory safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with systems programming, operating systems or general embedded development.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize core kernel infrastructure, including virtual memory page tables, thread schedulers, timers, and object architectures.
• Develop and maintain sound multi-language FFI boundaries to safely bridge legacy C++ subsystems with modern Rust components while managing strict stack and memory constraints.
• Implement advanced low-level diagnostic frameworks and execute comprehensive test categories—including early boot, core, and stress testing—to isolate non-deterministic system behaviors.
• Collaborate with compiler, tools, and security teams to audit code generation, refine code coverage, and document memory invariants and lock hierarchies.

Skills

Rust programming

Kernel development

Systems programming

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Google seeks a Kernel Senior Software Engineer for Fuchsia to design and implement core OS components on Zircon. You will work on low-level memory management, thread scheduling, and safe C++ to Rust interoperability across the Zircon kernel team.

The role emphasizes building robust, secure kernel infrastructure and collaborating with cross-functional teams to advance Google's next-generation OS platform with strong emphasis on performance and memory safety.