Embedded Systems Engineer, Pixel Power

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Diego, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Experience with mobile phone hardware subsystems, including application processor, multimedia, GPU, modem, and wifi

• Experience working with the Linux kernel and Android systems

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with embedded software system design
• Experience optimizing software for power and performance improvements
• Experience coding in C/C++

About the job

Google is making an important investment in the smartphone consumer market to provide unique experience to the users by building smarter phones with longer-lasting battery life.

The Pixel System Power team owns the battery life aspect of the Pixel system software, which is a problem that straddles both software and hardware domains. We work with teams spanning the entire software and hardware stack to define, prototype, optimize, and bring to the consumer devices software solutions that deliver awesome battery life and user experiences.

As part of the Pixel Systems Power group, you will focus on power and performance aspects of the software design, data flow analysis, and improving the battery-life experiences of testers and users. You will also be responsible for coordinating efforts with teams across Android platforms, applications and hardware teams to ensure great battery life for Pixel devices.

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

• Work with cross-functional hardware and software teams to model power consumption and define power targets
• Analyze and optimize the software running across the key components of the chipset (SoC) like CPU, GPU, Memory Subsystem, and Connectivity
• Debug and resolve battery drain issues
• Collaborate with Android app teams across Google to help them optimize power
• Develop tools and tests for validating and monitoring power consumption

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