Software Engineer Manager, Embedded Systems/Firmware
About The Position
As a Software Engineering Manager, you provide technical leadership for major projects while managing and developing a team of engineers. You oversee project goals, contribute to product strategy, and guide engineers in delivering optimized software. The role involves managing engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget, and deployment of large-scale projects across multiple international sites. In the Custom Features team, you will shape data center infrastructure by defining how next-generation custom silicon interacts with Google's software ecosystem and unlocking specialized hardware accelerators. The work focuses on bare-metal development and reliable hardware-software interfaces, supporting Google's AI and Infrastructure platforms at scale.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 3 years of experience with embedded operating systems.
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
- 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
- Experience with firmware or software development.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
- Experience with ARM, infrastructure, Google Cloud, and servers.
Responsibilities
- Drive the end-to-end technical goal, design, and scalable architecture for custom firmware and system software features across custom silicon platforms.
- Partner with Silicon Architecture, Validation, System Software, and Server Platform teams to define requirements and deliver integrated, production-ready solutions.
- Guide architectural trade-offs to optimize system performance, power efficiency, hardware telemetry, and software agility.
- Establish engineering standards, testing strategies, and execution plans to deliver milestones throughout bring-up and production deployment cycles.
- Mentor and grow an engineering team while cultivating a collaborative and psychologically safe environment.
- Manage project goals, contribute to product strategy, and provide technical leadership to engineering teams.
Benefits
- 20% bonus target
- Equity
- Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
