Staff Software Engineer, Android Automotive

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
• 5 years of experience with Android OS development.
• 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.
• 3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• Experience with software development in the automotive industry.

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.

As a Staff Software Engineer with Android Automotive, you will develop platforms and services that bring Google’s ecosystem to vehicles. You will address challenges like bridging the gap between car sensors and Android Frameworks, building feature rich user experiences that are driver distraction safe, and defining the future of Google’s AI technologies. You will lead Engineering teams capable of spanning low-level system architecture to application development and back-end systems. You will help us to reimagine the Android operating system, and apps and services for end users. This role has a high level of impact and influence within Google and across the automotive industry.

Automotive industry executives say there will be more change in their business in the next 5 years than they have seen in the last 50 years.

The Android Auto team collaborate with vehicle manufacturers to develop and deliver on this massive opportunity, building on a proven embedded platform to create a leading Assistant-powered, navigation, entertainment, and communication vehicle system, which will be delivered to specialized people-moving devices.

Responsibilities

• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Set team priorities that support the broader organization's goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams. Lead and manage software engineers.
• Guide and vet systems designs within the scope of the broader area, and write product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Establish and maintain relationships with cross-functional teams to align agendas and strategies and promote collaborative environments. Identify and solve ambiguous, subtle, complex, or large-scale technical or organizational problems.

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