Staff ML Engineer, On-Device Vision for Pixel Camera

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

Job summary

Google is seeking a Machine Learning Staff Software Engineer for the Pixel Camera to design and deploy real-time on-device ML with hundreds of millions of devices. You will own models end-to-end, coordinating with Tensor silicon and compiler teams on quantization and hardware-aware design, and partner with product, UX, software, and hardware for roadmap-driven features.

Required are 8 years in software design/architecture, C/C++, embedded systems, ML algorithms, and ML research, plus a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with C, C++, machine learning, and embedded systems.
• Experience with machine learning algorithms.
• Experience with machine learning architecture.
• Experience with machine learning research.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the real-time on-device machine learning foundation that turns raw camera and sensor input into structured signals driving immediate application behavior.
• Drive the optimization of outlook models for NPU, GPU, and DSP execution, including quantization, hardware-aware architecture design, and custom kernel development, in partnership with the Tensor silicon and compiler teams.
• Own models end-to-end, from prototype through deployment on hundreds of millions of devices — training pipelines in JAX and TensorFlow, C++ integration into the camera pipeline, and long-term maintainability.
• Partner with product, UX, software, and hardware teams to define the requirements for next-generation interactive features, and translate roadmap goals into designs achievable within device constraints.
• Establish best practices for machine learning development, deployment, and evaluation. Define how model quality is measured; and contribute to the long-term technology roadmap.

Skills

C/C++

Software design

ML

Embedded systems

ML algorithms

ML research

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

TensorFlow

JAX

Job description

Google is seeking a Machine Learning Staff Software Engineer for the Pixel Camera to design and deploy real-time on-device ML with hundreds of millions of devices. You will own models end-to-end, coordinating with Tensor silicon and compiler teams on quantization and hardware-aware design, and partner with product, UX, software, and hardware for roadmap-driven features.

Required are 8 years in software design/architecture, C/C++, embedded systems, ML algorithms, and ML research, plus a