Senior Software Engineer, Security and Privacy, Pixel Phone

2 Hours ago • 5-8 Years • Cyber Security

Job Summary

Job Description

This Senior Software Engineer role at Google focuses on Pixel phone security and privacy. Responsibilities include designing next-generation security features, hardening low-level system software, researching and developing security features for future Pixel devices, improving security testing infrastructures, mitigating vulnerabilities, and collaborating on open-source projects. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in embedded or phone security design and development, expertise in authentication, encryption, and OS security, and familiarity with boot and runtime firmwares (TF-A, UEFI, ACPI). Experience with open-source development and CPU architectures (ARM, RISC-V, etc.) is preferred.
Must have:
  • 5+ years software development experience
  • 5+ years embedded/phone security experience
  • Expertise in authentication, encryption
  • OS security experience
  • Work on next-gen Pixel security designs
Good to have:
  • Master's/PhD in CS
  • Experience with TF-A, UEFI, ACPI
  • Open-source development experience
  • Experience with ARM, RISC-V, x86, MIPS CPUs

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
  • 5 years of experience working on embedded or phone security design and development.
  • Experience in authentication, encryption, certificate management, or operating system security.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 8 years of experience working on embedded or phone security design and development.
  • Experience with boot and runtime firmwares such as Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A), Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) etc.
  • Experience with open source development and with the security development life cycle.
  • Experience with CPU architectures such as ARM, RISC-V, x86, MIPS, and others.

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.

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 on next generation Pixel security designs and projects.
  • Harden low-level system software components critical to Pixel security.
  • Research design and develop security features for future Pixel devices.
  • Improve infrastructures for fuzzing, testing, CI, and develop technical solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities.
  • Collaborate with upstream Open Source Software projects.

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