Senior Software Engineer, AI/TPU Infrastructure Firmware, On-prem

Google; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off: 20 days per year

Sick Time: 40 hours/year

Maternity Leave: 28-30 weeks

Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for AI/TPU Infrastructure Firmware on-prem. You will design and implement firmware and system software for compute accelerators and manage runtime resources, contributing to both firmware and controller layers.

The role emphasizes embedded OS, cloud networking, and ML infrastructure experience, with collaboration across hardware, validation, and software teams in an on-prem setting. Competitive compensation applies.

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.
• 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• 3 years of experience in cloud computing.
• 3 years of experience in cloud networking.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement low-level firmware for custom hardware and system software.
• Develop hardware interfaces and middleware linking firmware to higher-level apps.
• Build real-time telemetry and health diagnostics across firmware and controllers.
• Develop fault tolerance, recovery processes, and firmware updates.
• Collaborate with hardware and validation teams on interfaces and reviews.

Skills

C++

Firmware

ML Infrastructure

Cloud computing

Cloud networking

Data structures & algorithms

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree / PhD

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, AI/TPU Infrastructure Firmware, On-prem

Locations:

Kirkland, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Experience Level:

Mid - Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle), including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

*Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Kirkland, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum 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.
• 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• 3 years of experience in cloud computing.
• 3 years of experience in cloud networking.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 5 years of experience with C++.
• 5 years of firmware experience.
• 5 years of Machine Learning Infrastructure experience.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

About the Job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design, and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities, and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full stack as we continue to push technology forward.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what's possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability, and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware, our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US:

$174,000 - $252,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Design and implement both low-level firmware for custom hardware (compute, accelerators, infrastructure) and system-level controller software for runtime resource management.
• Develop low-level hardware interfaces (memory-mapped registers, interrupts, direct memory access (DMA), shared memory) and build reliable software services and middleware to bridge high-level applications with foundational platform elements using standard communication protocols.
• Build and optimize services for real-time system tracking, health diagnostics, watchdogs, and performance telemetry across both firmware and controller levels.
• Develop automated logic and maintain robust features for error handling, fault tolerance, reset and recovery processes, and firmware updates to ensure high availability across the stack.
• Partner with hardware, validation, and system software teams to define host-firmware-hardware interfaces, support bring-up and debugging, maintain clear internal API documentation, and drive architecture and design reviews.

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