Firmware Engineer, Modem/Telephony Protocol and AI Automation

Salary: £160,000 - 200,000 per year

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with IMS protocols and 3GPP NAS.
• 5 years of experience with LTE or 5G NR.
• Experience in Android/Modem software development, testing, engineering, problem resolving, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with programming, scripting, or engineering automation using AI.
• Experience and understanding of 3GPP LTE/NR Layer 3 NAS protocol standards.
• Familiarity with IMS protocol standards, VoLTE, VoNR, and VoWifi.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, customize, and plan tests of Android/Modem software to meet customer and project requirements in the IMS/Telephony domain and NAS.
• Think critically about end-user mobile use cases to uncover issues during the test campaign by systematically adding scenarios to test coverage for increasing confidence on Pixel products.
• Analyze Android/Modem IMS, NAS, and AS protocol functional and performance issues.
• Collaborate with cross-layer teams (Telephony/IMS/NAS/AS) and cross-organization teams (Android SW, TPM/TAM, and HW) to prioritize and resolve issues in a timely manner and ensure high-quality Pixel Android/Modem software.
• Use AI and automation as a primary vehicle to execute work and enhance productivity, innovate solutions for issue triage, and other mundane tasks.
• Generate ideas, develop features, build SW/HW systems, and improve engineering processes and automation to help product velocity and quality.
• Focus on carrier feature development, customization, testing, and performance enhancement of IMS/Telephony/NAS features.
• Work closely with Pixel SW teams and chipset vendors.
• Serve as the point of contact for Pixel launch testing for carriers in the region.
• Oversee cellular feature, regression, and certification functional and performance test execution.
• Debug and analyze issues, and work with IMS/NAS/AS teams on resolution.
• Develop AI-driven automation to automate your own tasks and streamline team processes.

Technologies:

• AI
• Android
• Hardware
• Mobile
• Security
• Web
• UX UI Design
• Firmware

More:

We develop next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products operate at massive scale and span far beyond web search, with opportunities across information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design, and mobile. In this role, you will work on a specific project critical to our needs, with opportunities to switch teams and projects as our business grows and evolves. We value versatility, leadership, and enthusiasm for taking on new problems across the full stack. As a software engineer, you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables while designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing software solutions. You will join our Pixel Testing Engineering team focused on designing and delivering the worlds most helpful mobile experience, shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. We bring together the best of our artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.

last updated 35 week of 2026