Who you are - If you enjoy building embedded systems using novel compute hardware and working with engineering teams that will be direct consumers of your work, you'll be a great fit for this role - BA/BS degree in Computer Science, or relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience - Proficiency in C and C++ - 5+ years of programming experience in an asynchronous environment with multiple processes, threads, timers, and interrupts - Experience with Linux kernel and device driver development - Working knowledge of hardware bring-up and debugging, including the ability to read schematics/datasheets and use common tools (oscilloscopes, multimeter, logic analyzers) - Experience with early-silicon development tools, e.g. emulators, simulators and FPGAs - Experience with common hardware protocols/interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, or I2C) - Experience working with multiple types of industry partners (CM, ODM, OEM, or ISV) - Working knowledge of complex hardware-accelerated compute pipelines (GPUs, ML accelerators, image/data processors) - Experience with bootloaders or programming in a BIOS - Experience with building and maintaining testing infrastructure for OS and other low level code - Experience with performing safe and robust software and firmware updates ### What the job involves - In this role, you will work on the System Software Team. The System Software team owns the primary compute node of Waymo's on-vehicle compute platform – an integrated embedded system - You will write Linux Kernel drivers (including creating appropriate user-space APIs) to communicate with custom hardware (e.g. custom ASICs and FPGAs) - In this hybrid role, you will report to the Technical Lead Manager - Work on a small team of System Software and Linux Kernel Engineers to develop system software components from early prototyping to production launch of driverless vehicles - Develop and test Linux Kernel device drivers and other components for high-performance embedded systems including custom ASICs and accelerators - Work with a variety of engineering teams and SoC partners to take on ambiguous problems