Minimum qualifications:- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development programming in C or Java.
- 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
- 5 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
- 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
Preferred qualifications:- Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
- 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
- Experience with system performance benchmarks, methodologies, and profiling/analysis using industry-standard tools (e.g., Perfetto, GDB, ftrace).
About the jobWith your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
XR System Performance Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the performance excellence of XR hardware and software. You will design strategies to identify bottlenecks and implement optimizations that maintain system stability, responsiveness, and efficiency under tight latency, power, and thermal constraints.
You will bring interest and experience in optimizing microXR glasses OS and Glasses Core software stack for the audio and display smart glasses product family. Your interests will span the entire operating systems stack: boot loaders, kernels, IPC mechanisms, graphics, window composition, cameras and sensors, application frameworks, etc.
For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by
breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR
team is at the forefront of the next major leap - the convergence of AI and
XR. This is more than just new devices - it's about reimagining how we
interact with the world around us. We're building a future where
lightweight XR devices like smart glasses and headsets pair with helpful AI
to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and
contextually aware experiences.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) 20% bonus target equity benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google .
Responsibilities - Architect, guide, and vet systems designs within the scope of the AR Glasses OS team (with a focus on end-to-end performance optimizations), and write product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
- Analyze in-depth performance of workloads ranging from high-level application APIs to low-level microXR architecture details.
- Communicate, design, and implement decisions effectively through architecture/design documents and code.
- Mentor and train other team members on architecture and design techniques, coding standards, debugging complex system interactions, and engineering best practices and processes.
- Review code developed by other developers, provide feedback to ensure best practices, and contribute to the overall efficiency and productivity of the engineering team through code, process enhancements, and software development workflow improvements.
