Staff System Architect, Next-Gen Experiences, Google Pixel

The Pixel System Architecture team plays a key role in defining the next generation of Pixel products, including phones and emerging concepts. During the product-definition phase, the team takes a systems view, working cross-functionally to map targeted user experiences into workloads and to drive hardware definition decisions.

• Partner with Product Managers and other teams to evaluate emerging product concepts and define user experiences.
• Take full ownership of the end-to-end architecture, defining compute and data flows to optimize performance and user experience.
• Apply a first-principles approach to guide key software and hardware decisions, balancing user needs against system constraints like performance, battery life, and thermals.
• Develop system-level models and methodologies to project performance and inform software decisions and next-generation hardware requirements.
• Lead architectural investigations to discover new hardware and software optimization opportunities.
• Create clear system architecture specifications that document end-to-end flows and explain how system components deliver specific user experiences.
• Collaborate with Hardware, SoC, and Software teams to track performance projections, resolve issues, and continuously improve our modeling methodologies.

• Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience working on mobile or embedded systems.
• 3 years of experience working in technical leadership focused on system architecture definition.
• Preferred qualifications: PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience driving system architecture definition from concept through productization for innovative consumer electronics.
• Experience profiling systems to identify and resolve power and performance bottlenecks.
• Experience in compute acceleration and workload for one of the following domains: DSP offload or Machine Learning acceleration.
• Ability to work top-down, translating high-level use cases into detailed system architecture and component-level requirements.
• Passion for optimizing battery life, thermals, and power delivery.

• Bonus
• Equity
• Health insurance
• 401k matching

The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics.