Pixel Lead, Brownout Mitigation

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience working on embedded/mobile systems delivering software/firmware solutions for brownout mitigation, power/battery/thermal management or related embedded system management functions.
• 10 years of experience in technical leadership, setting technical direction, and guiding a cross-functional team.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in architecting, designing and testing firmware and software for production mobile/embedded systems.
• Experience working cross-functionally to define system architecture for consumer electronics devices.
• Experience in debugging, triaging, and root-cause analysis of functional and performance problems.
• Knowledge of relevant hardware architectures for system/battery/power management and hardware/software interaction.
• Knowledge of operating systems, power management, interfaces, and synchronization.

About The Job
The Pixel System Architecture team is responsible for defining the next-generation systems for Pixel devices from concept to volume production to post-deployment.

As the Pixel lead for Brownout Mitigation, you are responsible for leading the team tasked with minimizing brownout events in the field, even as emerging use cases (e.g., Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI), 5th Generation Wireless (5G), camera) drive the demand for increasing peak power consumption. The team delivers on this mission without overly constraining performance to ensure a seamless user experience. You will lead the team to drive the definition of next-generation hardware mitigation and telemetry systems (e.g., in the Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC), System on a Chip (SoC), and other components) and drive requirements for design implementation. You will lead the software architecture, development, and testing for the mitigation system and deliver functional and production code per product development milestones. You will work cross-functionally with SoC, Intellectual Property (IP), and software engineering teams to drive optimizations, track projections to fix issues, and enable Pixel leadership in this domain.

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

• Architect Brownout mitigation strategy and deliver mitigation software including relevant kernel, userspace components, and embedded firmware for Pixel phone devices.
• Drive relevant component and system implementation requirements to optimize brownout versus performance tradeoffs for next-gen Pixel phones.
• Drive prioritized workstreams to improve capabilities across hardware and software to ensure Pixel engaged leadership.
• Oversee tests, processes, and field metrics infrastructure to continuously validate the robustness of mitigation and balance performance tradeoffs.
• Drive project roadmaps to enable delivery to timelines for new product launches as well as feature updates, maintenance, and validation for in-market devices.

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