Senior Software Engineer, Camera System Software (Android)

Google•Mountain View, CA

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 manage information at a 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. As part of the ISP IQ software team, you will have the chance to work with global talents to launch scalable and efficient software and hardware ISP (Image Signal Processing) solutions and ensure the best mobile IQ (Image Quality) for Pixel Camera.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.
3 years of experience with Android application development.
3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with large-scale application design and architecture.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
Experience in image processing, computer vision, and computational photography development.
Experience with imaging tuning related development and technology.
Understanding of imaging hardware, image signal processing and post-processing imaging algorithms.
Understanding of image quality metrics.

Responsibilities

Build camera tuning software infrastructure, including image processing simulator and device-identical image verification framework.
Create and implement required metadata on-device that is essential for reprocessing ISP in an offline environment.
Architect and maintain an extendable framework to support tuning in different sensor and camera use-cases.
Automate processes to improve data validation coverage and make the tuning workflow more efficient.
Collaborate with the Architecture, Software, Image Quality, and Tuning teams to develop solutions to achieve quality goals and commercialize real products.