Cellular Modem Firmware Engineer, Protocol Stack

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5 years of experience with 3GPP standards
• Experience with Android RIL, Telephony, C, Embedded RTOS, and cellular protocol stack
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in modem performance analysis and improvement: call performance (CSFB/VoLTE/EPSFB/VoNR, WiFi calling), data performance, connectivity performance, thermal
• Knowledge and experience in 3GPP (NR, LTE, WCDMA)
• Understanding of network protocol such as TCP/IP
• Solid programming skill in C/C++/Python
• Domain expertise in cellular protocol stack: control plane, data plane, NAS/RRC/SDAP/PDCP/RLC/MAC/PHY, ENDC, NRDC
• Willingness and capability to learn new technologies and new skills, including 3gpp, software development, lab equipment, programming language
  
  

About The Job

Join us on building the next generation cellular modem software/firmware for Pixel phone, tablet, and devices. Our mission is to bring connectivity experience to our customers with Google innovative and intelligent solutions. We work on cutting edge technologies, such as 4G/5G across protocol stacks and enable Android ecosystem development.

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

• Develop modem software and verify end-to-end modem feature functionalities and performance to improve user experience including call, voice quality, data, thermal/power, connectivity.
• Identify modem software performance gaps by analyzing system requirements, design, software implementation, issue analysis, and simulation of real world scenarios.
• Debug, analyze, and fix modem issues from factory, certification (e.g., GCF/PTCRB/IOT), field, and end users.
• Identify key performance scenarios and recreate the scenario in the lab environment for further research and development for more optimized solutions.
  
  

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