Software Engineer, Embedded Systems, Runtime, Silicon

1 Month ago • 2-3 Years • Research & Development • Full Stack Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Software Engineer on the Runtime team, you'll build low-overhead C++ based runtime and firmware for performance compute on the Tensor SoC. Responsibilities include defining backward-compatible APIs for efficient compute acceleration, working with app developers to ensure optimal user experience, developing comprehensive unit tests, creating tools for easy code integration and testing, and shaping future system architectures for heterogeneous compute. You will define custom APIs for internal use cases like Camera and Speech, and develop user-space Runtime and Firmware to ensure these applications run smoothly on the device. The role requires strong C++ skills, experience with embedded systems, and a deep understanding of runtime environments and hardware accelerators.
Must have:
  • C++ software development experience
  • Embedded APIs, runtime, HAL knowledge
  • Experience with hardware accelerators (DSPs, GPUs, TPUs)
  • Performance and power analysis expertise
  • Build low-overhead C++ based runtime and firmware
Good to have:
  • Master's degree in CS/CE
  • Android, Linux, and custom RTOS experience
  • Experience in machine learning domains

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with software development in C++ or similar high level/object oriented language.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, with a focus on embedded systems or compute accelerators.
  • 3 years of experience in C++ software development, including embedded APIs, runtime, HAL, middleware, and applications targeting hardware accelerators such as DSPs, GPUs, and TPUs.
  • Experience in performance and power analysis, with an emphasis on optimization in embedded systems and machine learning domains.
  • Knowledge of operating system internals, with practical experience in Android, Linux, and custom RTOS.

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.

As a Software Engineer on the Runtime team, you will define custom APIs for internal use cases like Camera and Speech, as well as develop user-space Runtime and Firmware to ensure these applications run smoothly on the device.

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.

Responsibilities

  • Build low-overhead C++ based runtime and firmware for performance compute on the Tensor SoC.
  • Define backward-compatible APIs that allow applications to leverage compute acceleration efficiently. Work closely with first-party app developers on Google devices to ensure user experience on the device.
  • Develop unit tests and tests that comprehensively validate the software stack.
  • Develop tools and infrastructure that enable customers to easily integrate and test their code.
  • Help set the direction for new system architectures to support future applications such as heterogeneous compute.

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