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ASIC Platform Software Architect

AT Google
Google

ASIC Platform Software Architect

Bangalore, India

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3 years of experience in software development in the area of consumer electronics or other embedded systems.
  • 2 years of experience driving application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) architecture , OS kernel, system on a chip (SoC) architecture, power and performance analysis.
Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in software design and development for software layers found in SoC (e.g., bootloaders, kernel, hypervisor, secure monitor, device drivers and embedded firmware).
  • Experience with Android and any Real-time OS.
  • Knowledge of interaction types between hardware and software for different types of standard hardware blocks, CPU, and accelerators.

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About the job

Be part of a diverse team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

The Silicon Software team has the long term charter to develop software for a variety of custom silicon being developed within Google. This includes IP for many diverse applications. We are working generations ahead of the market to enable groundbreaking features.

In this role, you will be involved in developing software across a few domains such as platform software (BSP, firmware, drivers) delivered to our customers, silicon validation software to be used in the pre-silicon, and post-silicon validation, compilers, drivers, runtime, embedded firmware and tools in the machine learning domain, security architecture and systems, system power and performance, related engineering productivity and test engineering activities.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to identify user experiences characteristics and how they can be mapped onto hardware and software.
  • Design architecture and software interfaces that enable application developers make use of hardware accelerators and other IP.
  • Understand interactions between hardware components, identify issues and bottlenecks, provide trade-off options and drive them to resolution.
  • Help design or improve hardware from generation to generation based on lessons learned from productization efforts, and to reduce technical debt.

Client-provided location(s): Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Job ID: Google-73237350120858310
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Internship Program
    • Learning and Development Stipend
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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