Google

Staff Software Engineer, Embedded Systems/Firmware

Google$207K — $300K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 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 embedded systems, security standards, real-time operating systems, and C

Responsibilities

  • Own and drive the long-term technical vision for Google's hardware security
  • Partner with hardware engineers to co-design uncompromisable system architectures
  • Serve as the authority on bridging bare-metal/RTOS systems with cryptographic services
  • Act as Google's hardware security ambassador for major open standards
  • Lead distributed teams delivering complex, high-impact projects from concept to deployment

Benefits

  • Access to comprehensive health and dental plans
  • Generous paid time off policies
  • 401(k) plan with company matching
  • Employee development and learning opportunities
  • Access to wellness programs and resources
Full Job Description
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Minimum qualifications:
  • 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 embedded systems, security standards, real-time operating systems, and C .

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 in Cryptographic Algorithms, Hardware Design, Rust.


About the job

The Platforms Security team engineers the hardware and firmware roots of trust that defend Google's fleet against sophisticated, nation-state threats. As part of our team, you will build the foundational layer, design and deploy authenticated Roots of Trust and trusted execution environments directly into data center silicon and hardware. You will push firmware, driver innovations, and real-time reliability platforms across millions of machines. You will also represent Google as a technical authority within premier open-source initiatives like OpenTitan, Caliptra, and OCP.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what's possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
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
  • Own and drive the long-term technical vision for Google's hardware security. Lead transformative shifts across the fleet, including leading transitions to next-generation open-source Roots of Trust (Caliptra, OpenTitan) and establishing Post-Quantum Cryptography readiness.
  • Partner with hardware engineers to co-design uncompromisable system architectures. Lead the design, implementation, and deployment of mission-critical software, firmware, and utilities targeting custom security chips, BIOS, and OS kernels.
  • Serve as the authority bridging bare-metal/RTOS systems (Rust/C, I/O protocols like SPI, I2C, PMBus, USB) with fleet-wide cryptographic services, including Certificate Authority operations, remote attestation pipelines, and credential binding.
  • Serve as Google's hardware security ambassador, steering roadmaps and leading implementations for major open standards like OpenTitan, Caliptra, and TPM.
  • Lead distributed teams delivering complex, high-impact projects from concept to deployment while advancing CI/CD, automated HIL testing, and team mentorship.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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