Software Engineer, Embedded Systems/Firmware, Platforms and Devices

Google; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking software engineers in California to design, develop, and maintain scalable software across platforms. You will work on projects critical to Google’s needs, with opportunities to switch teams as you grow.

The role emphasizes versatility, leadership, and tackling new problems across the full stack. You will manage priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, while designing, testing, deploying, and maintaining software solutions within the Platforms and Devices group.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in a low level systems programming language (C++).
• 2 years of experience with working with embedded operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product updates.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing sources of issues and impact.
• Write product or system development code.

Skills

C++

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.


• 2 years of experience in a low level systems programming language (C++).


• 2 years of experience with working with embedded operating systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.


• 2 years of experience with performance, large scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.


• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.


• Experience developing on resource constrained hardware targets.


• Proficiency in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering.

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.


• Review code developed by other engineers 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.


• Write product or system development code.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .