Software Engineer III, Embedded Systems, Thermal

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
  
• 2 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
• Experience with system thermal, power or performance management.

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the thermal management framework across the boot loader, Linux kernel, and Android Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), integrate and debug the thermal software during new device bring-up.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts (e.g., Python, Shell) for executing thermal stress tests and simulating user workloads. Create tools for automated data logging, parsing, and analysis of temperature, power, and performance data.
• Perform root cause analysis on thermal issues by analyzing test data and system logs. Develop key metrics (e.g., Time-to-Throttle, skin temperature compliance) to quantify and validate thermal performance.