Senior Software Engineer, Embedded, Chrome OS Power

2 Weeks ago • 5-8 Years • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Software Engineer, Embedded, Chrome OS Power role at Google focuses on optimizing battery life for ChromeOS devices. Collaborating closely with hardware partners, the engineer will develop software solutions to meet stringent battery life requirements, ensuring Chromebooks remain highly power-efficient. Responsibilities include studying Chromebook functionality across firmware, kernel, and userspace; developing power and performance features; debugging issues with partners; participating in planning and meetings; and identifying and resolving problems across different software layers. The goal is to make ChromeOS devices the most energy-efficient laptops available.
Must have:
  • 5+ years software development experience
  • 3+ years embedded OS experience
  • 3+ years software product experience
  • Data structures and algorithms expertise
  • Collaboration with hardware partners
Good to have:
  • Master's/PhD in a technical field
  • Technical leadership experience
  • Experience with accessible technologies

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.
  • 3 years of experience in 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.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s or PhD degree in Engineering, Computer Science or other technical related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • Experience developing accessible technologies.

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 ChromeOS Power team is dedicated to optimizing battery life on all ChromeOS devices.


In this role, you will work closely with hardware partners to ensure that devices meet our stringent battery life requirements and develop software solutions to help users maximize battery performance. The goal is to make ChromeOS devices the most power-efficient laptops on the market, enabling users to stay productive and connected all day long.

Chrome OS delivers quality computing at scale to provide universal and unfettered access to information, entertainment, and tools. Our mission is to empower anyone to create and access information freely through fast, secure, simple, and intelligent computing.

Responsibilities

  • Study how Chromebooks work in the different firmware components, the Linux kernel, and userspace (ChromeOS and Android).
  • Develop new software power and performance features and improvements, collaborating upstream and the software engineering world. Helping partners debug power and performance related bugs.
  • Communicate regularly with partners and project managers to set goals and keep projects on track.
  • Participate in feature planning discussions, cross-team meetings, and bug triage and fixing.
  • Understand how Chromebooks work, identify and fix problems in the firmware, kernel, and userspace. You will work with partners to develop new features and fix bugs.

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