Senior Software Engineer, Pixel Storage

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in C programming language.
• 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience in Universal Flash Storage (UFS).
• Experience in Android Kernel, Embedded Systems, File Systems, and Nand Flash Memory.
• Experience with software development in Python or Java programming language.

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 communicate with multiple storage vendors and drive JEDEC/T10 standards to choose Universal Flash Storage (UFS) parts every year per Pixel product. You will work with Android teams to make the Android more performant and healthy.

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

• Analyze and improve Android system performance from the entire Input/Output (IO) stack perspective. Explore new storage technology and lead the storage industry.
• Control IOs to mitigate performance/power/stability problems on flash storages.
• Contribute code changes in Android framework, if required to Pixel.
• Maintain kernel patches across various kernel branches such as mainline, Android Open Source Project (AOSP), Pixel, and System on a Chip (SoC).
• Write patches for file systems or IO subsystems.