Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.
As a Data Center Manufacturing Engineer, you will act as the technical bridge between design innovation and operational reality, driving the product life-cycle from initial planning to mass production. You will be responsible for ensuring product manufacturability through early
design for excellence engagement and feasibility analysis, proactively identifying design risks before they impact the factory floor.
In this role, you will own the technical capability assessment of our supply chain, ensuring vendors meet manufacturing standards and capacity requirements. You will drive operational excellence through Lean manufacturing principles such as PFEP (Plan For Every Part) and value engineering. Your leadership will ensure our data centers receive high-quality products on time, supported by robust test strategies and proactive risk mitigation.
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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $99000 - $141000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Lead design for excellence feasibility reviews and generate design for manufacturing (DFM) feasibility reports during concept readiness phase to resolve "red flag" features before design freeze.
- Validate mass production readiness through run-at-rate validation reports and line balancing charts to align takt time with cycle time.
- Execute vendor capability assessments and factory readiness gap analyses to ensure supply chain maturity. Enforce quality by reviewing process capability reports (Cpk > 1.33), control plans, and gage repeatability and reproducibility reports during the pilot phase.
- Advocate risk management by leading process failure mode and effects analysis (with risk priority number (RPN) reduction goals) and conducting pareto analysis and root cause analysis (8D) for any manufacturing issues.
- Optimize factory logistics by developing process flow diagrams and material presentation plans to audit and streamline how parts reach the production line.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience in manufacturing.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with supplier technical evaluations, qualifications, and managing supplier relationships.
- Experience with industry standards, including design guidelines and best practices for data center infrastructure.
- Proficiency with engineering and design software for modeling, analysis, and documentation.
- Knowledge of electromechanical, networking, and mechanical assembly processes, as well as tooling and equipment.
- Ability to conduct data analysis to identify trends, root causes of defects, and measure manufacturing performance.
- Ability to identify and resolve manufacturing and quality issues.