Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience working on PCB Assembly, Design Validation, Component Qualification, and Manufacturing Yield Analysis.
• 5 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Testing, debugging, and Manfuacturing Engineering.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
  
• 7 years of experience at a company developing supply chains in manufacturing and test.
  
• Experience working with ODMs, contract manufacturers, and component suppliers for data center server/infrastructure products.
  
• Experience working with contract manufacturers and suppliers to drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous process improvements.
  

About the job

Google's custom-designed equipment makes up one of the largest and most powerful computing infrastructures in the world. The Manufacturing Operations team is responsible for providing the manufacturing capability to deliver this state-of-the-art physical infrastructure. As a Manufacturing Engineer, you evaluate the product designs and create the processes, tools and procedures behind Google’s powerful search technology. When vendors build parts for our infrastructure, you’re right there alongside ensuring manufacturing processes are repeatable and controlled. You collaborate with Commodity Managers and Design Engineers to determine Google’s infrastructure needs and product specifications. Your work ensures the various pieces of Google’s infrastructure fit together perfectly and keep our systems humming along smoothly for a seamless user experience.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $111,000-$163,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Own manufacturing planning as NPI Operations Technical Lead, working between Design and Operations Engineering to drive deliverables key to implementing the manufacturing plan, such as DFx and test strategy.
• Provide on-site and remote support for pre-production builds, ensuring factory readiness, providing product debug training, and gathering feedback on build issues to improve product quality.
• Lead the technology assessment for new products, partnering with the product team to highlight risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Work with Quality Engineers to establish product quality and reliability targets, validate product qualification plans, support reliability testing, and review results to ensure product performance meets requirements.
• Coordinate release of NPI BOMs into PDM system, supporting second source part qualification and release of ECOs and MCOs.