Staff System Architect, Next-Gen Experiences, Google Pixel

Staff System Architect, Next-Gen Experiences, Google Pixel

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• 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.
  

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 complex systems to identify and resolve power and performance bottlenecks, with a passion for optimizing battery life, thermals, and power delivery.
• Expertise in compute acceleration and workload offload for one or more of the following domains: Machine Learning, Computer Vision (e.g., real-time world tracking, 3D scene understanding), or advanced Graphics and Rendering.
• Ability to work top-down, translating high-level use cases into detailed system architecture and component-level requirements.
  

About The Job
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. We establish the end-to-end compute and data flow and evaluate where workloads should be executed across system components. The team also develops and leverages power and performance models to project key system KPIs, ensuring all decisions are optimized for the best user experience. In the productization phase, we work closely with Engineering teams to support execution, validate our projections and support product feature and software decisions at key checkpoints through launch.
As a key member of the Pixel System Architecture team, you will drive the definition for the next generation of Pixel products. You will own the end-to-end system architecture, translating user experiences into foundational hardware and software decisions. For new experiences, you will work closely with Science, Silicon and Android platform partners to determine the optimal execution and offload strategy for emerging algorithms. You will contribute to development of performance, battery, and thermal models that will guide critical technical trade-offs to ensure our designs are optimized for real-world use. In close partnership with product management and engineering, you will steer architectural concepts from initial idea through to launch, making a direct impact on millions of users.
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. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $174,000-$258,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .
Responsibilities

• 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.
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other, Information Technology, and Engineering

• Industries

  Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet

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