Staff Software Engineer, Embedded Systems/Firmware

### **Minimum qualifications:**

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C\+\+, Java, JavaScript).
• 5 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• 2 years of experience in working with embedded processors, Linux kernel, drivers, BSP.
• Experience with enterprise networking concepts (DNS, TCP, Firewalls, Proxy Servers, DMZ).
• Experience working with distributed systems, including solutions or design patterns.

### **Preferred qualifications:**

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in networking technologies/concepts such as Software Defined Networking (SDN).
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross\-functional, or cross\-business projects.
• 2 years of experience in Layer\-2/3 networking protocols and experience in networking technologies such as SDN, DPDK, RDMA, QoS etc.
• Experience in embedded systems/firmware design, development, and debugging.

• *About the job**
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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. Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.**Responsibilities**

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• Provide technical leadership on high\-impact projects.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.
• Design and develop a control plane for Infrastructure Processing Units (IPUs) and Smart Network Interface Cards (SmartNICs).
• Implement networking and embedded\-system features.
• Work in close collaboration with technical leads and cross\-functional teams to define APIs, high\-level software flows, integration and validation plans and release of features.

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