Software Engineer III, Image Quality, Augmented Reality

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
  
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
  
• Experience in image processing and digital imaging.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  
• Experience in camera engineer with Science, Technology, Math, and Engineering (STEM) or practical skills related to camera products such as: Computational imaging, camera ISP, software imaging pipelines, imaging simulation, camera hardware test+validation, AI image processing, computer vision, camera applications
  
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
  
• Experience in camera analysis, imaging pipelines, requirements investigation for shipping camera products.
  
• Experience in Python, C++ or Java.
  
• Knowledge of camera sensors, optics, and the imaging stack in mobile/AR imaging pipelines.
  

About the job

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. 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.

In this role, you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

The Google Augmented Reality team is a diverse group of experts tasked with building the foundations for great immersive computing and building helpful, delightful user experiences. We're focused on making immersive computing accessible to billions of people through mobile devices, and our scope continues to grow and evolve.

Responsibilities

• Work as a member of a software Research and Development team developing cameras on next-generation Augmented Reality (AR) devices.
  
• Develop, analyze, and evaluate imaging pipelines on real devices and help to establish KPIs for the product.
  
• Collaborate with other teams to develop imaging algorithms for specific use cases.
  
• Evaluate and help shape next generation product features, specifications, system architecture.
  
• Provide software engineering and imaging analysis related to direction, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and photography for AR, Virtual Reality (VR) devices to ensure quality of experiences using cameras.