Staff System Power Engineer, Google Pixel Hardware

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Staff System Power Engineer for the Pixel Hardware team. The role centers on power and performance, coordinating across silicon and software teams to optimize battery life and system power.

You will drive power design across CPU, GPU, memory, and subsystem components, influencing architecture and validation for charge and thermals. Qualified candidates bring a Bachelor's in engineering or physics, 6+ years in consumer electronics/embedded systems, and 3+

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/Physics or related field required.
• 6 years of work experience in development, testing and deployment of consumer electronics/embedded systems.
• 3 years of technical leadership experience.
• Experience in embedded systems, operating systems, and power processing.

Responsibilities

• Drive system power design optimized for battery life and thermals.
• Analyze and optimize power management across SOC components (CPU, GPU, memory) and system components.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on battery, charging and fuel gauge solutions and own system validation for charging.
• Debug and resolve battery drain and thermal issues; validate power consumption with tooling.
• Provide inputs to architecture teams on SOC and features to improve power.

Skills

Power management

Embedded systems

Operating systems

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or related field

Tools

Android BSP

Kernel Drivers

Android Internals

Embedded Processors

Job description

Staff System Power Engineer, Google Pixel Hardware

Mountain View, CA, USA

Advanced

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of work experience in development, testing and deployment of consumer electronics/embedded systems.
• 3 years of experience in technical leadership.
• Experience in embedded systems, operating systems, and power processing.

Preferred qualifications:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with Android BSP, Kernel Drivers, Android Internals, Embedded Processors.

About the job

Google is making an important investment in the smartphone consumer market to provide a unique experience to the users by building smarter phones with longer-lasting battery life.

The Pixel System Power team owns the battery life aspect of the Pixel system software, which is a problem that straddles both software and hardware domains. We work with teams spanning the entire software and hardware stack to define, prototype, optimize and bring to the consumer devices software solutions that deliver awesome battery life and user experiences.

As part of the Pixel Systems Power group, you will focus on power and performance. You will work cross-functionally across silicon and software teams to drive power optimizations and improve the battery-life experiences of users. You will also be responsible for coordinating efforts with teams across Android platforms, applications and hardware teams to ensure great battery life for Pixel devices.

The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Drive system power design optimized for battery life and thermals.
• Analyze and optimize the hardware and software interlock across the key components of the SOC like CPU, GPU, memory subsystem, and system components such as NPUs, cameras, display, connectivity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on battery, charging and fuel gauge solutions and own system validation for charging. Debug and resolve battery drain and thermal issues.
• Validate for power consumption, develop tools and tests for validating and monitoring power consumption.
• Provide inputs to architecture teams on new SOC and system features and initiatives to improve power.

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