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You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.\nAs a protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS)/Telephony/NAS Firmware Engineer in Pixel Testing Engineering, you will focus on carrier feature development/customization/testing and performance enhancement of IMS/Telephony/non-access stratum (NAS) features, working with Pixel Software teams and chipset vendors. You will be point-of-contact for Pixel, launch testing for carriers in the region, overseeing cellular feature/regression/certification functional and performance test execution, debugging, analyzing and working with IMS/NAS/AS teams for the resolution.\nYou will also develop AI driven automation not only for automating your own tasks but also in innovating and contributing to streamlining processes used by the team.\nThe Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. 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