Staff Embedded Debug Architect – Pixel Systems (Equity)

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer for the Pixel System Debug Architecture. You will drive end-to-end debug and observability across device and cloud interfaces, partnering with hardware, firmware, OS, security, and product teams to deliver resilient, privacy-conscious diagnostics from day one.

You will architect trace infrastructure, crash collection, and post-mortem workflows for single-device and multi-device scenarios, shaping PII protection and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 5 years of experience with software debugging/troubleshooting.
• 5 years of experience with software development in C, C++, or Rust.
• 3 years of experience with embedded software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead the cross-functional debug and tracing strategy across all software layers, spanning low-level firmware/RTOS, host OS, connectivity stacks, and application layers.
• Design distributed tracing, crash collection, and state synchronization mechanisms.
• Define post-mortem crash dumping, watchdog management, and clean reboot/recovery flows for single-device and multi-device failure scenarios.
• Define and enforce comprehensive PII managing policies, data sanitation, redaction, and compliance frameworks for debug artifacts collected from internal test and production devices.
• Drive requirements for automated log parsers, post-mortem analysis tools, and fleet-wide observability dashboards to accelerate root cause analysis (RCA).

Skills

8 years software development

5 years debugging/troubleshooting

5 years C/C++/Rust

3 years embedded software design

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

C

C++

Rust

Job description

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer for the Pixel System Debug Architecture. You will drive end-to-end debug and observability across device and cloud interfaces, partnering with hardware, firmware, OS, security, and product teams to deliver resilient, privacy-conscious diagnostics from day one.

You will architect trace infrastructure, crash collection, and post-mortem workflows for single-device and multi-device scenarios, shaping PII protection and