Staff Software Engineer, Google SoC, Platforms Infrastructure Engineering

2 Days ago • 8-11 Years • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

This Staff Software Engineer role at Google's Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team focuses on developing and maintaining firmware for embedded systems, particularly SoCs. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, managing project timelines, and designing, developing, testing, and deploying large-scale software solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in firmware development, deep understanding of SoC architecture, and a strong track record in software design and architecture. The role involves working on critical projects impacting Google's services and requires strong collaboration across teams.
Must have:
  • 8+ years software development experience
  • 5+ years embedded OS experience
  • 5+ years software product testing & launch
  • 3+ years software design & architecture
  • Technical leadership & project management
Good to have:
  • Master's/PhD in related field
  • 8+ years data structures/algorithms experience
  • 3+ years technical leadership role
  • 3+ years cross-functional project experience
  • Extensive firmware development experience for SoCs
  • Deep understanding of SoC architecture

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
  • 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
  • Extensive experience in firmware development for embedded systems, ideally SoCs.
  • Deep understanding of SoC architecture and hardware/software interactions.

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

In this role, you will provide technical guidance to the team, drive architectural decisions, and ensure the delivery of high-quality firmware.

The ML, Systems, & Cloud AI (MSCA) organization at Google designs, implements, and manages the hardware, software, machine learning, and systems infrastructure for all Google services (Search, YouTube, etc.) and Google Cloud. Our end users are Googlers, Cloud customers and the billions of people who use Google services around the world.

We prioritize security, efficiency, and reliability across everything we do - from developing our latest TPUs to running a global network, while driving towards shaping the future of hyperscale computing. Our global impact spans software and hardware, including Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, the leading AI platform for bringing Gemini models to enterprise customers.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects. 
  • Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers. 
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines. 
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. 
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.

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