Software Engineer, Embedded Software, Google Nest

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in Machine Learning and AI.
• Experience coding with C, C++, Algorithms, and Data Structures.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience driving product excellence through well-defined quality metrics and metrics-oriented optimization.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: networking, embedded Linux, network security, wireless technologies, and data analysis.
• Excellent ownership and problem-solving skills, with a willingness to learn/grow.
• Interest in IoT and smart home 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 Google Nest team focuses on hardware, software and services offerings for the home, ranging from Nest thermostats to Nest smart displays. The Nest team researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make users’ homes more helpful. Our mission is the helpful home: to create a home that cares for the people inside it and the world around it.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the device software stack for next generation Smart Home router and mesh networking software. Work across the entire stack from kernel, driver, cutting-edge wireless, and wired connectivity technologies, all the way to future connectivity services in user space.
• Work cross-functionally with adjacent Google Nest products and Google Cloud/App teams.
• Write robust, performant, and maintainable code.
• Contribute to device software architecture to enable future Nest Wifi product strategy.
• Own full software cycle from prototype, design, development, testing, integration, debugging to product launch and collaborate with cross-functional teams including PM, UX, EngProd and Partner Engineering.
  
  

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