Staff Engineer, Android, Pixel Telephony and Cellular Connectivity

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 6 years of experience with 4G/5G cellular protocols or Android Connectivity.
• 5 years of experience in testing, and launching cellular products.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in machine learning or connectivity improvements.
• Experience in analyzing connectivity metrics data points to identify areas for improvement.
  
  

About the jobBe part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

In this role, you will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance system solutions. You will collaborate, drive, and work with teams for Pixel phones and other Pixel devices to enhance the cellular connectivity experience of the device adapting based on device and user context. You will characterize the connectivity behavior of the Pixel device and understand any issues and improvements, and work within organization or cross organization to develop new features/frameworks to exploit the possible optimization, improve the debug capabilities and troubleshooting techniques. You will focus on designing and delivering the helpful mobile experience. You will work on the future of Android/Pixel devices and services through the advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics.The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities

• Work on connectivity specific metrics across stack to propose and design new cellular connectivity features in Android applications or in the Android framework for Pixel, with additional software components on the server side.
• Lead metrics recommendation that allow the monitoring of the performances of Pixel devices to validate implementations and detect issues that can impact the user experience or the performance of the devices.
• Leverage advanced machine learning to automate data analysis, identify anomalies, and uncover hidden patterns.
• Benchmark Pixel cellular power performance, investigate anomalies and propose and implement performance optimizations across the stack.
• Own and drive improvements for connectivity metrics, alerts, visualizations, and data-motivated insights.
  
  
  

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