Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems, Pixel Memory

Role Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer specializing in memory bring-up, you will lead the post-silicon enablement and optimization of high-speed memory subsystems (such as low-power double data rate (LPDDRx)) for Google’s custom silicon. Bridging the gap between hardware and software, you will develop the critical initialization firmware and diagnostic software that ensures high performance, stability, and reliability at scale across the Pixel product portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 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.
• 2 years of experience working with embedded systems and device drivers.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Experience in memory subsystem bring-up, training, calibration, and validation (e.g., DDR4/5, LPDDR4/5, or HBM).
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (SoC design, signal integrity, platform software) to root-cause hardware-software issues.
• Experience with pre-silicon emulation/simulation platforms (e.g., Palladium, Zebu, or FPGA).
• Experience debugging low-level hardware/software interactions using lab tools (e.g., logic analyzers, oscilloscopes).
• Experience with low-level bare-metal firmware or driver development in C or C++.

Application Instructions

Apply directly on Google Careers at Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems, Pixel Memory↗.

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Note: In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.