Google Looking For System Architect, Modem, Pixel at Mountain View, CA Full Time

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

Experience with cellular wireless systems, including LTE/5GNR, PHY/MAC, and/or upper layer stacks.

Experience in wireless based-band and signal processing algorithms.

Experience in multi-antenna/MIMO system design.

Preferred qualifications:
Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

10 years of experience in cellular modem architecture, e.g., PHY/systems architecture, algorithm design, hardware/software partitioning, low-power mode optimization, and tradeoff analysis.

Understanding of wireless communication standards (L1/L2/L3) and end-to-end product design and product implementation.

Understanding of the KPIs (e.g., performance, power) of cellular modem and efficient architectures to achieve the KPI targets.

Expertise in wireless product architectures (e.g., modem interfaces, PCIe, RFFE, SPI, RF transceivers, and power management units, in device coexistence) and how systems interact in consumer products.

About the job

Our computational challenges are so big, complex and unique we can’t just purchase off-the-shelf hardware, we’ve got to make it ourselves. Your team designs and builds the hardware, software and networking technologies that power all of Google’s services. As a Hardware Engineer, you design and build the systems that are the heart of the world’s largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You develop from the lowest levels of circuit design to large system design and see those systems all the way through to high volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers affecting millions of Google users.

The Pixel modem team is responsible for all aspects of cellular performance for Pixel devices, from concept to volume production to post deployment, and for delivering the best performance for our users. In this highly cross-functional role, you will collaborate with engineers from all across Google to design and execute on aggressive design goals for the next generation of Pixel phones. You will drive end-to-end deliverables across the entire product life cycle including defining products, driving modem architecture, implementing features, debugging issues, and optimizing performance.

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user’s interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people’s lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

Drive modem hardware/software architecture (including but not limited to physical layer procedures, digital signaling processing, Multi-antenna/MIMO schemes) based on 5GNR standards and product requirements.

Work with cross-functional hardware and software team to define and architect cellular product- and system-level specifications.

Analyze, model, and set cellular modem system performance and power targets.

Quantify the impacts cellular features with respect to Pixel product competitiveness and user experience.

Derive new system algorithms for smartphone radio performance and power optimization.

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