Senior Software Engineer, Embedded, Pixel Graphics

Google Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% bonus target

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Embedded, Pixel Graphics team. This role involves developing GPU technologies and enhancing graphics driver performance while collaborating with various teams on innovative solutions. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in C++, embedded systems, and GPU architectures.

The position is located in Mountain View, CA, offering a compensation range of $174,000 to $253,000, plus bonuses and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in low level systems programming languages.
• 3 years of experience developing device drivers.
• 1 year of experience with Graphics Processing Units.

Responsibilities

• Develop GPU graphics and compute technologies.
• Debug user mode and kernel mode problems.
• Work with teams to define GPU roles in future designs.

Skills

C++

Embedded systems programming

Graphics Processing Units

Debugging

GPU Programming

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Embedded, Pixel Graphics

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Diego, CA, USA.

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

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 and 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.

As a member of Pixel's Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) driver team, you will share ownership of the kernel GPU driver and the user-space graphics driver stack. You will be involved in developing new features, devising performance improvements, bringing silicon up, debugging challenging problems, and in identifying future requirements for both software and hardware in Pixel products.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

US: $174000 - $253000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Develop GPU graphics and compute technologies spanning the full GPU software stack.
• Seek general solutions to problems, minimizing application or device-specific workarounds to serve users of all Pixel devices, including in-market devices.
• Help evaluate and bring-up devices and work with product and engineering teams to define the role and requirements of the GPU in future product designs.
• Debug sophisticated user mode and kernel mode problems.

Minimum 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 developing and maintaining device drivers that interface software with hardware.
• 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• 1 year of experience with Graphics Processing Units or GPU architecture and its role in a system.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Experience specifically writing or contributing to graphics drivers.
• Experience analyzing and optimizing GPU-accelerated applications, such as high-end games, image processing, or GPGPU applications
• Proficiency in C++, GPU Programming, and familiarity with Rust.
• Knowledge of Mobile GPU architectures and mobile-specific graphics optimization.

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