Software Engineer, Sensor Embedded, Pixel Biometric Authentication

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., C/C++).
• 2 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience working with Factory and Hardware teams.
• Experience with data analysis and SQL and working with Trusted Execution Environments.
• Experience in system design and algorithm development.
• Familiarity with low level systems interacting with Hardware/Sensors.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work separately and collaboratively.

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.

Our team is committed to revolutionizing the user authentication experience on Pixel devices. We seamlessly integrate cutting-edge fingerprint sensing technologies from third-party vendors to deliver a frictionless and secure authentication process. Our team is dedicated to optimizing key performance factors like authentication speed, accuracy, power consumption, and security, ensuring users enjoy a seamless and hassle-free experience. We are seeking a talented software engineer to join our mission and help us push the boundaries of biometric authentication on Pixel.

Google is an engineering company at heart. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to take on some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on users around the world. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, social to local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.

Responsibilities

• Work on next generation biometric sensor solutions.
• Design and develop fingerprint sensor integrations to bring the best biometric authentication experience on Pixel devices.
• Evaluate new sensor technologies and components.
• Optimize memory, power, performance and debugging system software issues.
• Eliminate friction for biometric authentication for Pixel users and collaborate with internal teams (Hardware/Framework/UX/Trusty) and external vendors.