Manufacturing Test Development Engineer, Cloud Hardware

Google's custom-designed equipment makes up one of the largest and most powerful computing infrastructures in the world. The Product Operations team is responsible for providing the manufacturing capability to deliver this physical infrastructure.

As a Manufacturing Test Development Engineer, you evaluate the product designs and create the manufacturing test processes, tools and procedures behind the products powering Google’s Data Centers. When vendors build parts for our infrastructure, you are right there alongside ensuring manufacturing test 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing test development for new and existing product designs; write test plans and drive end-to-end test coverage based on product and quality requirements.
• Develop automated test scripts for functional and system test using Python.
• Design, build and deploy test platforms for Google's global manufacturing partners.
• Analyze, troubleshoot and root cause manufacturing yield issues and field escapes. Drive issues to closure with preventive measures.
• Define the Manufacturing Test Strategy for new products and work with our partners to jointly develop the required test solutions.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in manufacturing.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 5 years of experience in architecting and developing manufacturing test solutions for data center hardware, in particular networking and optics products.
• Experience with creating end-to-end manufacturing test strategies that cover from structural through functional and system test.
• Experience with engaging and collaborating with international teams and contract manufacturers.
  
• Ability to travel internationally as needed.