Software Engineer, Kernel and Firmware, Silicon
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics or Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience in development, testing and deployment of consumer electronics/embedded systems.
- Experience with embedded programming in C/C++.
- Experience with embedded systems, kernel, Linux, RTOS or firmware, device driver.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with interface protocols (e.g., USB, SPI, I2C, UART, UFS, PCIe), power management, system integration, Software stacks, Drivers.
- Experience with Graphics engine and corresponding software stack.
- Experience working with hardware designers and reading schematics.
- 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.
As an Embedded Software Engineer, 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 software that can delight our application developers, and let them make use of hardware accelerators seamlessly in a timely manner.
- Implement and validate firmware and Linux drivers for optimal power consumption and performance.
- Design, develop, and test embedded software drivers for the next generation of smart devices.
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