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.

In this role, you will be developing Camera solutions which will include quality design and Android camera quality infrastructure development. You will work with multiple teams to provide the best camera quality and user experiences.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

• Develop the Android camera features, software infrastructure, or image processing simulators.

• Develop automated processes to improve camera solutions development, quality design, system optimization and workflow efficiency.

• Design and maintain a framework to support image and video quality and feature development, enabling achievement of goals.

• Work with the Architecture, Software, Image Quality, and Tuning teams to develop solutions to achieve quality goals and commercialize real products.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 2 years of experience with software development in C++.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.

• Experience in image processing, computer vision, and computational photography development.

• Experience with imaging tuning related development and technology.

• Knowledge of imaging hardware, image signal processing and post-processing imaging algorithms.

• Knowledge of image quality metrics.