Staff Software Engineer, Pixel Audio Systems

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 8 years of experience in software development.

• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.

• 5 years of experience working with embedded operating systems within the

audio space.

• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related

technical field.

• Experience with audio systems, bringup, optimization, tuning and

productionization.

• Embedded development with experience around engineering power, latency, and

performance trade-offs.

• Experience with leading technical projects, cross-functional collaboration,

and debugging/troubleshooting to progress programs forward.

• Experience with Audio Codecs or Audio HAL.

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.

At Pixel we are developing innovative hardware products that push the boundaries

of computing.

As an Audio Systems Lead, you will drive new products to launch by architecting

audio systems, implementing key components, and designing sub-components for

delegation. You will lead overall development of the audio platform,

collaborating with operating system (OS)-level engineers to enable

next-generation experiences and SoC partners to deliver hardware abstraction

layer (HAL) implementations, debug, and root-cause issues. You will ultimately

be responsible for delivering the audio platform to enable new device launches.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software

platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our

first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software,

and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new

technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more

seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

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

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Execute bringup of audio systems on new devices from prototype to production

hardware.

• Deliver audio HAL implementation enabling high level OS to run flawlessly on

SoC platforms, and enabling of traceabilty and debugability in audio systems

for debug and root cause analysis.

• Manage decomposition of system design into modular components for team

members to drive and deliver.

• Define and design of key system components and architecture to reliably

execute on program milestones.

• Interface closely with both higher level OS teams and partner SoC vendors to

deliver commitments on schedule.