Technical Program Manager III, Platform Enablement, Platforms and Devices

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.

As a Technical Program Manager for Platform Bring-up, you will be responsible for the end-to-end management of new hardware platform and SoC bring-up programs. You will work at the intersection of hardware, software, and firmware, collaborating with engineering teams and external partners like SoC partners, Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to deliver cutting-edge ChromeOS and Googlebook devices.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $163000 - $237000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Lead new platform bring-up programs from early SoC partner engagement through device launch, overseeing validation activities to ensure readiness for Prototype (Proto), Engineering Validation Testing (EVT), Design Validation Testing (DVT), and Production Validation Testing (PVT) build phases.
• Define and track comprehensive program schedules, milestones, and dependencies, ensuring all platform enablement deliverables align with the internal Product Development Process (PDP).
• Collaborate with external SoC vendors and ODMs while facilitating technical alignment among internal Hardware, Software, and Firmware teams to drive device strategy.
• Identify technical risks and manage escalations, providing transparent status reports and mitigation plans to executive stakeholders and leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives for platform bring-up methodologies, tools, and best practices to optimize team efficiency and technical decision-making.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience managing the full product development life-cycle for consumer electronics (e.g., laptops, phones, tablets).
• Experience working with System-on-Chip (SoC) vendors and Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs).
• Experience with hardware/software integration.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience performing root-cause and failure analysis to troubleshoot complex hardware, software, or firmware integration issues during platform bring-up.
• Experience managing programs using a structured Product Development Process (PDP) for computing devices.
• Experience with validation build phases (e.g. Proto, EVT, DVT, or PVT).
• Familiarity with the ChromeOS ecosystem.
• Understanding of hardware system architecture and the technical complexities of integrating SoC architectures into consumer electronics.