Senior Software Engineer, Kernel And Firmware, Silicon

Minimum qualifications Bachelor s degree in Electrical Electronics or Computer Engineering or equivalent practical experience 5 years of work experience in development testing and deployment of consumer electronics embedded systems Experience in Linux networking including network packet filtering network protocol acceleration or display pipeline camera front-end and sensor Linux drivers and video codecs Experience with embedded programming in C C Preferred qualifications Master s degree in Electrical Electronics or Computer Engineering or equivalent practical experience Experience with interface protocols e g USB SPI I2C UART UFS PCIe power management system integration software stacks and drivers Experience with ARM or other low-power SoC architectures memory system fabric etc Knowledge of embedded systems development RTOS concepts device drivers and hardware software integration Knowledge of ARM system BIOS Linux kernel device drivers 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 As a Software Engineer Kernel and Firmware Silicon you will work on hardware and software We are a vertically integrated team spanning from hardware through applications Google s mission is to organize the world s information and make it universally accessible and useful Our team combines the best of Google AI Software and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences We research design and develop new technologies and hardware to make computing faster seamless and more powerful We aim to make people s lives better through technology Responsibilities Design a software that can ultimately delight our application developers and can let them make use of hardware accelerators seamlessly and in a timely manner Implement and validate firmware and Linux drivers for optimal power and performance Design develop and test embedded software drivers for next-generation smart devices Define overall architecture in collaboration with stakeholders silicon architecture silicon implementation silicon software and customer etc to identify user experiences characteristics and how they can be mapped onto hardware in existence or in development Lead in bug triage and optimize for power and performance etc 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 and If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know by completing our