Staff Software Engineer, USB Fuchsia Platform Drivers

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design of the Fuchsia USB subsystem.
• Drive system-level power management and data throughput optimizations, with a deep focus on complex USB-C Power Delivery (PD) negotiations and USB 3.x metrics.
• Leverage our infrastructure labs to maximize driver reliability and throughput, actively utilizing hardware-in-the-loop testing to resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Ensure compatibility across a vast ecosystem of first-party and third-party USB devices.
• Address the most complex system-level bugs at the hardware/software interface utilizing protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, and hardware debuggers.
• Define best practices for driver development and hardware-software integration, and mentor team members to raise the overall technical bar.
• Partner closely with kernel, product, and hardware teams to align hardware integration efforts with overarching system requirements and product roadmaps.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with Linux device drivers.

Qualifications

• Experience reading hardware spec sheets to understand hardware capabilities.
• Prior experience contributing to open source Linux USB stack.
• Prior experience with the Design Ware Controller (dwc) stack.
• Embedded development experience in Linux or other operating systems.
• Deep knowledge of USB specifications.

Skills

• Deep technical expertise in USB specifications.
• Pragmatic approach to system-level debugging.
• Stabilizing complex hardware-software interfaces and shipping production-grade drivers.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance.
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match.
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment.
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance.
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks.
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks.
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year.

Pay

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Schedule

Not specified