Staff Software Engineer - Test & Platform for AR Displays

Google Inc.; Fremont, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Fremont, CA, USA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Raxium Display Test group. The role focuses on designing distributed test infrastructures, cross-platform software, and high-performance pipelines for lab hardware integration.

Responsibilities include leading architectural evolution, optimizing test cycles, and implementing robust release processes while collaborating with domain experts and stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience designing distributed, cross-platform, or automated test infrastructures for hardware-software integration.
• 5 years of experience with concurrent programming, multi-threading, or asynchronous systems architectures.
• 5 years of experience with communication protocols (e.g., TCP/IP or RPC).

Responsibilities

• Partner with executive domain experts to architect a unified, high-performance software ecosystem, designing the framework that bridges instrument control, CMOS chip communication, and high-throughput image processing pipelines.
• Take ownership of test cycle latency, identifying and resolving systemic software bottlenecks by optimizing asynchronous execution, minimizing inter-process communication overhead, and streamlining data ingest pipelines.
• Lead the architectural evolution of our test framework, decomposing legacy, monolithic codebases into a decoupled, distributed, and cross-platform architecture that prioritizes modularity and maintainability.
• Leverage Google's internal developer tools to mature the software development life-cycle, implementing robust release pipelines, managing cross-platform build infrastructure, and enforce high-standard automated testing and code review practices.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.

Skills

Concurrent programming

TCP/IP

Python interfacing

C++

GPU compute workflows

Linux internals

Cross-platform IPC

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Vendor SDKs

Job description

Google Fremont, CA, USA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Raxium Display Test group. The role focuses on designing distributed test infrastructures, cross-platform software, and high-performance pipelines for lab hardware integration.

Responsibilities include leading architectural evolution, optimizing test cycles, and implementing robust release processes while collaborating with domain experts and stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.