Software Engineer, Battery and Charging, Pixel Power

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in coding, using either Java or C/C++.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
• 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• 3 years of experience with testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  
  

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.

Making the world’s information universally accessible and useful doesn’t stop at the desktop. The Mobile team builds tools to get you the information you need no matter where you are. Android has become the world’s most popular mobile ecosystem, powering billions of devices, from smartphones to tablets, watches to TVs and everything in between. Whether adding to the core Android experience, forging new markets for digital content, creating immersive and portable versions of our products or managing relationships with a global community of developers, the Mobile team is giving you Google on the go.

Responsibilities

• Develop Linux kernel drivers, Android HAL extensions, system API, applications for battery, and charging of the Pixel platform.
• Work with cross-functional Hardware, Software and Systems teams for the design of solutions for input power management, system and battery charging, system and thermal management.
• Define and develop techniques for in-field charging monitoring and analysis. Drive the implementation, deployment and monitoring of charging performances.
• Design, develop, and utilize tools, scripts, testing fixtures, automation for google infra for testing and analysis of charging performances and system power use cases.
• Help to triage and implement fixes for reported battery/charging issues internally and externally.
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .