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Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems, Firmware, Android XR

Google· Engineering
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San Jose, CA; Kirkland, WA$174k - $252kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer on the Glasses Framework team responsible for directing the technical design, implementation, and evolution of core platform software for next-generation smart glasses, tackling low-power, latency-critical problems across a split-compute architecture, and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, guide, and vet XR framework designs within the scope of the broader area, and write product or framework development code to solve ambiguous problems.
  • Write robust, reliable, efficient, and testable software designed to run in environments that span bare-metal to cloud.
  • Communicate, design, and implement decisions effectively through architecture/design documents and code.
  • Mentor and train other team members on architecture and design techniques, coding standards, debugging complex system interactions, and engineering best practices and processes.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices. Contribute to the overall efficiency and productivity of the engineering team through code, process enhancements, and software development workflow improvements.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in C++.
  • 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.
  • Experience with consumer product development and Android Platform/OS/Internals.

Skills

Required:C++Embedded systemsAndroid Platform/OS/Internals

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year
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