Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems, Pixel Memory

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Pixel Memory team in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in memory bring-up for embedded systems. You will bridge hardware and software, developing initialization firmware and diagnostic software to ensure high performance and reliability across Pixel devices.

The role emphasizes C/C++ firmware or driver work, LPDDR4/5 and DDR4/5 experience, and collaboration with SoC design and platform teams to root-cause hardware-software issues and deliver robust,

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.
• 2 years of experience working with embedded systems and device drivers.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers 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.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++

Firmware development

Problem solving

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Logic analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Palladium

Zebu

FPGA

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems, Pixel Memory

Google

Mountain View, CA, USA

Mid

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

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

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.
• 2 years of experience working with embedded systems and device drivers.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Experience in memory subsystem bring-up, training, calibration, and validation (e.g., DDR4/5, LPDDR4/5, or HBM).
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (SoC design, signal integrity, platform software) to root-cause hardware-software issues.
• Experience with pre-silicon emulation/simulation platforms (e.g., Palladium, Zebu, or FPGA).
• Experience debugging low-level hardware/software interactions using lab tools (e.g., logic analyzers, oscilloscopes).
• Experience with low-level bare-metal firmware or driver development in C or C++.

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 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 Software Engineer specializing in memory bring-up, you will lead the post-silicon enablement and optimization of high-speed memory subsystems (such as low-power double data rate (LPDDRx)) for Google’s custom silicon. Bridging the gap between hardware and software, you will develop the critical initialization firmware and diagnostic software that ensures high performance, stability, and reliability at scale across the Pixel product portfolio.

The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.

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

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers 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.

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