Senior Embedded Software Engineer, CSP Software, Silicon

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience with coding in C or C++.
• 3 years of experience in testing, maintaining, or launching embedded software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience with software development for embedded systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience with C or C++ development for firmware applications.
• Experience with embedded operating systems (e.g., FreeRTOS, ZephyrOS, LK, Tock, etc.)
• Experience with ARM or RiscV assembly.
• Experience with the Android Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL).
• Excellent debugging skills on the hardware or software.

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.

In this role you will be part of a Research and Development (R and D) team responsible for any modern-day mobile System on a chip (SoC) You will develop, and test features from the embedded firmware level all the way up to Android Userspace.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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Develop firmware for embedded microcontrollers in SoC projects.
• Review hardware designs, prototype Software-based Hardware-mocks, and engage in Hardware or Software co-design efforts to engineer firmware solutions that support all phases of the product life cycle.
• Work with hardware prototypes, Field-programmable Gate Array (FPGAs), Software-simulation of SoC and subsystem designs to verify and enable functionality.
• Develop modular firmware components to maximize code reusability across related SOCs.
• Develop firmware to interface with SoC components, manage power and performance of custom Internet Protocols (IPs), implement high performance Infra-Pod Communication (IPC) mechanisms, and general firmware functions.