Software Engineer, Pixel, Brownout Mitigation

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Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (C or C++).
• Experience with embedded systems.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience in system-level management (e.g. power/thermal/battery management) and software development (firmware or Linux kernel).
• Experience performing hardware/prototype bring-up and debugging with common lab tools.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

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.

You will focus on Battery Current Limit (BCL) software development, including bringing up new platforms and supporting in-market devices.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive mitigation: from devising strategies, performing data collection and characterization, and implementing software, to creating test cases and driving documentation. Key focus areas for responsibilities include the development of mitigation solutions for components like the SoC, audio, display, and modem.

Pixel delivers exciting experiences to millions of users that require advanced system management, and this role offers an exciting opportunity to drive improvements in brownout occurrence while minimizing performance impact. You will collaborate with team members with expertise across various technical domains in System Architecture, as well as with engineering teams across Silicon, Platform, and Hardware.

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, software, and systems teams to define and develop hardware and software architectures for peak power management.
• Define, develop and utilize tools, scripts and tests for debugging peak power events, system profiling, power measurements, model validation, and power consumption analysis.
• Propose and drive implementation of innovative peak power management features across hardware and software.
• Develop software (kernel/Android) for peak power management.

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