Senior Software Engineer, Android Desktop Input

Google • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

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.

In this role, your mission is to ensure the correct behavior of both external
and internal input hardware devices, ensuring that OS events are correctly
processed and delivered to the application/sysUI layer for all Android
largescreen. This includes integrating component firmware and device driver with
OS kernel, enable the user space and platform layers of the protocol stack and
changes in android framework depending on specific user experience and persona.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software
platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our
first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software,
and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new
technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more
seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (C++).
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 2 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience coding in C and C++.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize the fundamental software stack that underpins seamless and responsive input experiences across a various range of Android laptops and tablets.
• Maximize the accuracy, reliability, and low-latency performance of all input modalities. This includes refining touchpad gesture recognition, improving stylus pressure sensitivity and palm rejection, optimize keyboard input handling, and ensure fluid multi-touch capabilities.
• Enhance and expand the capabilities of Android's input system that involves developing new features, improve existing input APIs, and ensure robust performance across various hardware configurations.
• Ensure that input frameworks are deeply integrated within the Android platform, provide a rock-solid and feature-rich foundation for all applications.
• Collaborate with hardware manufacturers, silicon partners, and application developers to integrate cutting-edge input technologies, improve device-specific performance, and help third-party applications harness the unique input capabilities offered by Android Laptops and Tablets.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level