The Firmware/Embedded Engineer role at DeepMind focuses on developing low-level communications and sensor integration strategies. This position is part of a pioneering AI lab that aims to advance AI development for global challenges. The engineer will work with interdisciplinary teams to ensure safety and ethics in technology. The role emphasizes real-time signal processing and hardware testing to validate firmware performance.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience working in firmware and embedded systems development.
• 2 years of experience with Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) environments or bare-metal execution models.

• Architect unified low-level communications and sensor integration strategies, establishing bus interface standards across multi-modal sensor and actuator nodes.
• Lead high-speed onboard embedded networking design, ensuring deterministic traffic flow and low-latency throughput between microcontrollers and compute modules.
• Drive real-time signal processing and filtering algorithms on resource-constrained targets to maximize sensor data fidelity.
• Bridge Electrical and Systems teams by guiding component selection, bus topology, power sequencing, and signal integrity.
• Establish hardware-in-the-loop testing, deterministic safety mechanisms, and real-time diagnostic pipelines to validate firmware performance.

• Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.