Job Title: Sr Staff Architect, Google Tech Platform

Location: San Francisco, CA 94103

Duration: 6 months

Description:

Build and develop strong relationships with technical leaders across Google, creating trusted partnerships delivering value to Google's business through enabling our spectacular experiences.

Develop and execute a multi-year technology strategy for experiences on Google's family of technology platforms and devices, including Android based OSs, Chrome, Chromium, Chrome OS and Chromecast.

Maintain detailed media system architectures of relevant Google technology platforms while defining, developing, and orchestrating technical architectures to support our experiences on Google platforms.

Provide thought leadership on experiences on Google's platforms both internally and for our partners.

Deliver technical leadership to project managers and engineering teams to drive delivery of experiences on Google's platforms.

Requirements:

Minimum 10+ years of work experience with relevant bachelor's degree. (EE / CS / etc.). Research qualifications (master's degree or PhD) a bonus.

Knowledge of video and image signal processing.

Experience with multiple variants of Android/Chrome OSs media stacks (Audio and Imaging)

Including AOSP, Android Mobile, Android TV, Android Auto, Android Automotive OS (AAOS),Android XR, Wear OS and Chrome OS

Including working knowledge of MediaCodec, Media3 and legacy Android media APIs

(Audioflinger, etc).

Experience with Google powered devices including Pixel Phones and Tablets, Chromebooks and Nest Audio devices.

Experience with OTT playback systems and players (including Exoplayer, Shaka Player, etc) and including working knowledge of DRM.

Experience with web and broadcast content delivery ecosystems, including working knowledge of the Chromium media stack.

Knowledge of Android/Chrome OS connectivity protocols, in particular Google Cast and connectivity technology; Bluetooth, WiFi, UWB.

Knowledge of secure systems, including TEE along with working knowledge of developing in C/C++, Python, Javascript and Rust.

Requirements:

Manager's note:

The candidate should ideally be located near the Google Mountain view office where the Android Media Team work to support onsite collaboration and have a strong professional reputation with the Google engineering team to help drive our objectives.

Travel required in this role.

Its a contract to hire opportunity (depending on performance & business need).

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA.