2 days ago
Base Salary
$207k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and deliver desktop-class input experiences across unified Android and ChromeOS ecosystems.
- Own the end-to-end technical roadmap for the multi-layered input stack, including hardware matrices, firmware protocols, Linux, Android GKI kernel drivers, native C++ pipelines, and Java framework services.
- Design and scale OS capabilities for peripherals, mouse customization, keyboard standards, haptics, palm rejection, and low-latency hardware-to-OS wake signaling.
- Coordinate system UI, input hardware engineering, and Tier-1 OEM partners for new platform bring-up.
- Advance hardware-in-the-loop test automation, input latency telemetry, release bug triage, and code ownership for Google devices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Eight years of software development experience and eight years using one or more general-purpose programming languages such as Java, C/C++, or Python.
- Five years of experience with Linux Kernel, operating systems, performance analysis, performance optimization, performance tuning, and C++ or C coding.
- Three years of experience with software design and architecture.
- Preferred: master’s degree or PhD in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
- Preferred: eight years of C/C++ software development and experience with data structures and algorithms.
- Preferred: five years testing, maintaining, or launching software products; five years building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or working with compute technologies, inputs, or hardware architecture.
- Preferred: three years in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
Benefits
- US base pay is $207000-$300000, with a 20% bonus target, equity, and benefits.
- Google provides additional employee benefits; the posting does not specify a work arrangement.
About Google
Google builds consumer and enterprise software and services including Search, Android, YouTube, Chrome, Maps, Gmail, and Google Cloud. Its business model centers on digital advertising and paid cloud, software, and hardware offerings (e.g., Pixel and Nest) for consumers, developers, and organizations. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Google operates globally as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.