Senior XR System Performance Engineer | Optimize Glasses OS

Google; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; 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

Sick leave

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a senior XR System Performance Engineer to optimize the performance of XR hardware and software across the Glasses OS stack. You will identify bottlenecks and implement end-to-end optimizations under tight latency, power, and thermal constraints.

You will design strategies for boot loaders, kernels, IPC, graphics, cameras and sensors, and drive system-wide performance improvements while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience in C++ or Java.
• 5 years testing and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
• 3 years of software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Architect, guide, and vet systems designs with focus on end-to-end performance optimizations.
• Analyze performance of workloads from high-level APIs to low-level architecture details.
• Communicate decisions through architecture and design documents and code.
• Mentor team members on architecture, design, debugging, and best practices.
• Review code and contribute to engineering productivity and processes.

Skills

XR performance

System optimization

Large-scale systems

Architecture & design

Debugging & profiling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google is seeking a senior XR System Performance Engineer to optimize the performance of XR hardware and software across the Glasses OS stack. You will identify bottlenecks and implement end-to-end optimizations under tight latency, power, and thermal constraints.

You will design strategies for boot loaders, kernels, IPC, graphics, cameras and sensors, and drive system-wide performance improvements while collaborating with cross-functional teams.