About the role

What will you do at Google?

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

* 8 years of experience in software development.

* 5 years of experience in testing, and launching software products.

* 5 years of experience in working with embedded operating systems.

* 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

* Experience with C, C++, operating systems, and computer 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 in designing, developing, and deploying HPC server solutions with

entire development cycle.

* Working knowledge of any hardware-accelerated compute pipelines (GPUs, ML

accelerators) and its system integration (boot flow, firmware, telemetry).

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.

Accel Platforms and Lab Team's mission is to empower Google's accelerator

roadmap by engineering foundational hardware (PCIe, fabric, IOMMU) and low-level

software (kernel, firmware). We provide reliable, secure, and efficient

accelerator-to-host connectivity to enable cutting-edge use cases. The team is

also responsible for onboarding new types of domain-specific accelerators into

Google data centers.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Emerging Accelerator System team, you will

have influence well beyond yourself, solving complex challenges in low-level

software and hardware interaction. Your role is critical to Google’s accelerator

roadmap.

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 force 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 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* On-board emerging co-accelerators into Google's ML accelerator families to

enable new use cases with improved performance and efficiency.

* Collaborate with internal teams to design and implement new features in

system software, including firmware or daemons running on BMC/hosts and

kernel drivers.

* Design and develop tests, tools, telemetry, and dashboards to generate

insights to monitor and debug potential issues.

* Analyze, debug, and resolve complex system-level challenges related to host

and management software stacks.

* Provide technical leadership to help formulate and drive software development

plans and identify dependencies in cross-functional teams.

Which skills does this role require?

Software developmentEmbedded operating systemsCC++Computer architectureSoftware designSoftware architectureML acceleratorsKernel driversNPI EngineerEmbedded FirmwareSoftware DevelopmentOperating SystemsComputer ArchitectureML AcceleratorsKernel DriversBMCPCIeIOMMUTPUsVertex AIGoogle CloudHyperscale ComputingGCPMachine LearningProduct Strategy

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