Firmware Engineer, Battery and Charging, Pixel

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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 coding with C/C++.
• Experience with embedded systems and Linux kernel drivers development.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience with embedded Linux and device drivers.
• Experience with Android tools (e.g., Systrace, Git, power measurement tools, digital multimeter, etc.).
• Experience working on battery powered computing devices.
• Knowledge of mobile devices, including both hardware and software, and interactions between the two.

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

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

• Develop linux kernel drivers, system Application Programming Interface (API), applications and services for charging, wireless charging, and reverse wireless charging.
• Work with cross-functional hardware, software, and systems teams on the design of solutions for input power management, battery charging, system and thermal management.
• Define and develop techniques for monitoring and analysis of charging and battery performance. Drive the implementation, deployment and monitoring of charging and battery performances.
• Design, develop, and utilize tools, scripts, testing fixtures, automation for infrastructure for testing and analysis of charging performances and system power use cases.
• Participate in the development of new and existing wireless and wired charging standards and silicon.

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