Electrical Engineer, Firmware, DeepMind

Cambridge, MA, US Until 9/8/2026 2+ years exp First posted July 10, 2026 Last posted July 10, 2026
Job description

About the Job

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $132,000 - $189,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Identify flaws and issues with hardware components. Solve and analyze key issues, risks, or trade-offs, and address common hardware failures by suggesting corrective solutions.
  • Apply best practices to optimize or constrained hardware components to meet performance, power, and cost-effectiveness requirements.
  • Provide documentation of the hardware design, its implementation, or test/validation results throughout the product life-cycle.
  • Review hardware designs (e.g., block diagrams, schematics, layouts, bill of materials (BOM), algorithms, protocols, link budgets) to anticipate and address issues/risks.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience working in firmware.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
About this role

Summary

Design, analyze, and optimize hardware firmware components and review hardware designs.

Job title

Electrical Engineer, Firmware

Experience level

2+ years

Minimum experience

2+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

On-site in Cambridge, MA, USA; no remote work mentioned

Salary

$132k–$189k

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

firmware

Preferred skills

electronics designhardware testingcircuit analysis

Specializations

hardwarefirmware
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cambridge, MA, USA

On-site City