Software Engineer, Kernel and Firmware, Silicon Engineering
Google · Posted Oct 13
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About the role
Google's Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's computing software platforms across desktop, mobile and applications, as well as first-party devices and services that combine Google AI, software and hardware. The team is vertically integrated, spanning from hardware through applications, and designs firmware, drivers and software stacks for low-power silicon such as SoCs. As a Software Engineer, Kernel and Firmware, Silicon, this role works on hardware and software, building and validating firmware and Linux drivers, and developing embedded software drivers for next-generation smart devices.
What you will do
- Design a software that can ultimately delight our application developers, and that can let them make use of hardware accelerators seamlessly and in a timely manner.
- Implement and validate firmware and Linux drivers for optimal power consumption and performance.
- Design, development, and test embedded software drivers for the next generation of smart devices.
Skills used in this role
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Foundation/experience in Electrical, Electronics or Computer streams with competencies in Embedded domain, data structures and algorithms, and software design.
- Experience working closely with hardware designers and reading schematics.
- Experience with ARM or other low-power System on a Chip (SoC) architectures, memory system, fabric, Linux kernel, device drivers etc.
- Experience with interface protocols (e.g., USB, SPI, I2C, UART, UFS, Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)), power management, system integration, software stacks, drivers.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Google
Google LLC is an American multinational technology company focusing on artificial intelligence, online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, and consumer electronics. As a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., it is widely recognized for services like Google Search, YouTube, Android, and the Gemini AI ecosystem.
- Industry
- Internet
- Company size
- 180000+ employees
- Founded
- 1998-09-04
- Location
- Mountain View, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $25M raised
- 1999-06-07Series A$25M
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer
Chief Executive Officer, Google Cloud
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