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Senior Manager, Systems Platform and Power

California, United States (On-site)

Senior Manager, Systems Platform and Power

6 Days ago • 8-10 Years • Systems Design

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Job Description

As a Senior Manager, Systems Platform and Power at Google (Fitbit), you'll lead a team developing custom silicon solutions for direct-to-consumer products. Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, collaborating with product management to define requirements, building partnerships with vendors, developing performance modeling tools, and fostering a user-centric culture. You'll contribute to innovative hardware experiences emphasizing performance, efficiency, and integration across various subsystems (MCU/SoC, RF, power, sensors, etc.). The role requires expertise in system engineering, hardware architecture, and consumer electronics product launches, specifically within wearable technology.

Must have:

Master's degree in relevant field
8+ years experience in relevant domains
Experience designing multi-disciplinary features
Experience leading engineering teams
Strong communication and project management skills

Good to have:

PhD in relevant field
10+ years experience leading systems engineering
Experience with wearable hardware platforms
Experience developing performance modeling tools
Experience managing and mentoring engineers

Perks:

Bonus
Equity
Benefits

Minimum qualifications:

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience across domains such as MCU/SoC architecture, RF connectivities, power systems, sensors, display, acoustic, haptic, system integration or systems engineering.
Experience with designing and delivering multi-disciplinary features, including ones that are user-facing, have both hardware and software integration, and require balancing between Performance, Latency, and Power in MCU, SoC, Memory, RF, or other sub-systems.

Preferred qualifications:

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience leading or executing systems engineering, hardware architecture, or launching consumer electronic products.
Experience leading or developing hardware platforms or system features for consumer wearable systems.
Experience in developing performance, latency or power modeling tools.
Experience managing teams and mentoring experienced engineers.
Experience with highly-effective collaboration with cross-functional leadership, with excellent communication, project management, planning and organizational skills.

About the job

Be part of a diverse 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.

Fitbit’s wide range of innovative products, including smartwatches, trackers, and a smart scale, help people lead healthier, more active lives by empowering them with data, inspiration, and guidance to reach their health and fitness goals. Coupled with our leading software and Fitbit Premium, our immersive platform experience delivers personalized experiences, insights, and guidance to support our users’ health and wellness. Fitbit’s mission has always been to help make everyone in the world healthier and now, as part of Google we’ll be able to make health even more accessible to everyone.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $214,000-$305,000 + 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.

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Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a talented team of engineers in the development, engineering and validation of customer features in alignment with product line’s strategic goals.
Collaborate with Product Management and cross-functional leaders to define and align on requirements and theory of operation by translating complex use cases into actionable engineering goals.
Build partnerships internally and with external vendors to plan out strategic hardware roadmap that enables the best and innovative experiences.
Develop performance, latency and power modeling tools and processes to ensure data driven decisions based on engineering accuracy.
Foster a culture of driving what matters for the users by being accountable, including validation strategy, proactively reviewing and identifying emerging technologies and methodologies that can add values to the team and products.

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$214.0K - $305.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$259.5K/yr avg.

Mountain View, California, United States

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