Software Engineer, Kernel, ChromeOS

Google

5 - 7 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 09/06/2025

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with software development in C++, C, or Python; and with data structures/algorithms.
3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
Experience building consumer electronics with manufacturing, supply chain, and customer support processes.
Experience with bringing up USB-C stacks, sensors, and other peripherals.
Experience developing low-level firmware, device drivers, and BSPs, particularly within open-source projects.
Experience with Linux development environments and Git/Gerrit.

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

ChromeOS delivers quality computing at scale to provide universal and unfettered access to information, entertainment, and tools. Our mission is to empower anyone to create and access information freely through fast, secure, simple, and intelligent computing.

Responsibilities

Participate in board bring-ups, work with partners to deliver new devices. This includes low-level device driver and BSP development.
Diagnose and resolve kernel issues, provide clear technical direction to collaborate engineering teams.
Design and implement comprehensive monitoring dashboards to track bring-up progress and system health.
Collaborate with a global team of software and hardware engineers on new technology proposals and process improvements.
Maintain quality by increasing unit and integration test coverage.

About Company

Google is a multinational technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It is best known for its search engine but also develops products and services in areas like online advertising (Google Ads), cloud computing (Google Cloud), operating systems (Android, Chrome OS), web browsers (Chrome), and consumer electronics (Pixel devices, Nest). Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., its parent company formed in 2015. It plays a major role in shaping the internet, AI, and digital innovation globally.