Software Engineer, Embedded Systems/Firmware, Pixel Bootloader

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 2 years of experience with software development in C.
• 2 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with common debug or trace technologies (e.g., JTAG, ARM SWD, ARM

CoreSight, gdb, TRACE32, etc.).

• Experience developing embedded software in bare-metal microcontroller

firmware, RTOS, bootloaders (e.g., BIOS, uboot, UEFI, coreboot, etc.), or

Linux kernel.

• Experience with modern SoC architecture, system bring-up, debug, or trace

techniques.

• Proficiency in the Rust 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.

The Pixel Bootloader team collaborates with Android platform, Pixel hardware,

gChips, and external partners to deliver a bootloader software stack that

provides a positive Android experience for Pixel phones and tablets.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.Individual pay is

determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant

education or training.

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own and deliver bootloader and firmware features in C and Rust.

• Participate in bringing up new Pixel devices throughout the full development

cycle such as pre-silicon emulation environments, SoC development boards,

prototypes, mass production, and in-market.

• Participate in software planning, design, and implementation of software

features in areas such as interconnect, boot, reset, memory, high speed IO,

low speed IO, interrupt controllers, and security.

• Debug issues involving complicated multi-faceted interactions between

silicon, hardware, firmware, software, and the environment.

• Work in a variety of code bases (e.g., C, Rust, and Python).