Software Engineer, User Space Driver, Silicon

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience developing Linux/Android system services or device drivers, or similar system programming.
  
• Experience with multithreaded programming environments.
  
• Experience with C/C++.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  
• 1 year of experience supporting standard compute APIs, such as OpenCL and Vulkan.
  
• 1 year of experience with ML frameworks, such as TFlite, or applications.
  

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.

In this role, you will be instrumental in bringing Google's innovations in Image Processing, Computer Vision and Generative AI to the Pixel mobile phone lineup. You will have the opportunity to grow technical and teamwork skills. You will display leadership qualities as we address issues across the full stack to bring unique user experiences to our mobile customers.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $136,000-$200,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and improve the software stack for the Edge Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) on a series of mobile SoCs.
  
• Improve Edge TPU utilization with both internal and external customers and continuously reduce latency and power consumption, while maintaining existing software stack and deliver new Pixel releases.
  
• Explore new software architectures to fit ever-evolving TPU architectures and Machine Learning (ML) frameworks.
  
• Work with kernel driver and firmware teams in exploration for future products with evolving TPU architectures.
  
• Work with public Application programming interface (API) and ML framework teams to make sure together we enable more Edge TPU applications without friction.