Firmware Engineer, Pixel System Software

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in Linux Kernel development with a general purpose programming language in C/C++.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience with Android BSP, with a focus on low-level hardware interactions and device driver integration, or upstream Linux Kernel.

About the job

Google's system software team ensures seamless operation of Pixel and Android software on Pixel hardware. In this role, your responsibilities include creating integrated builds for factory testing and debugging, ensuring kernel driver safety, maintainability, and consistency, and simplifying build, flashing, and testing processes for engineers. You will bridge the gap between software and hardware, clarifying manufacturing requirements and processes. You will also assist teams in integrating with the Android Kernel and navigate Android release procedures. In essence, and facilitate cohesive system functionality, ensuring all components work harmoniously. This involves troubleshooting, optimizing, and streamlining processes to deliver a stable and efficient platform. Your work is crucial for the successful deployment and performance of Pixel devices.

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

• ImprovePeripheral Component Interconnect Express(PCIe) driver and surrounding ecosystem.
• Develop tests, test plans, and strategies to improve system reliability surrounding PCIe and the surrounding peripherals and device infrastructure
• Collaborate with partner teams on PCIe endpoint driver and System on a Chip(SoC) driver interfaces and interop.
• Debug and resolve pre-production and production issues as they arise.