Senior System Software Engineer, Embedded, Pixel Watch

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in C programming language, Android BSP and Linux Drivers.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or in a related technical field.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
• Experience in Android Kernel, Android Internals, Embedded Systems, and C++.

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 Watch System Software team designs and builds premium wearable devices and services that showcase the potential of the Android and WearOS platform. We are driven to revolutionize the way people interact with newer and smarter devices with Android and WearOS platforms.

In this role, you will develop the system software stack for future smarter wearable devices, ranging from architecting, designing, developing, testing, manufacturing and deploying wearable consumer devices.

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.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of engineers to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain the Board Support Package (BSP) and the system software stack for the Google WearOS devices.
• Lead software feature/module development from architecture to landing.
• Debug and resolve hardware/software integration issues, including hardware bring-up, hardware/software system validation, manufacturing, and hardware/software version upgrade.
• Create validation tools and test cases to verify the functionality of the hardware and software.
• Optimize and improve software quality, including system stability, power consumption, and system performance.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .