Hardware Design Engineer, Google Cloud

1 Week ago • 1 Years + • Product Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Google Cloud seeks a Hardware Design Engineer to lead Design for Operations (Mechanical Design) for next-generation platforms (network switches to machine learning pods). The role involves owning strategy and execution across projects to reduce deployment, maintenance, and repair costs. Responsibilities include identifying and mitigating serviceability risks in rack designs, collaborating with various teams (design, manufacturing, data center), and crystallizing design-serviceability tradeoffs. The engineer will oversee validation and execution of mechanical design requirements, aligning stakeholders through clear communication and updates. This role requires strong communication, leadership, and technical skills.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
  • 1 year networking experience or advanced degree
  • Identify and mitigate serviceability risks
  • Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and data center teams
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills
Good to have:
  • Master's degree in Engineering
  • Stakeholder representation in executive planning
  • Experience in network rack product design

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a specialized field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP, etc.), or equivalent practical experience.
  • 1 year of experience working in a networking technical environment, or an advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent.
  • Experience in representing stakeholders during executive-level planning and prioritization exercises.
  • Knowledge and experience as a Product Designer of network racks.
  • Excellent communication and multi-tasking skills in an environment of shifting priorities.
  • Excellent consensus-driven leadership skills to define strategy, drive execution, and resolve conflicts.

About the job

Google’s Cloud Supply Chain and Operations (CSCO) team is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer to enable Design for Operations (Mechanical Design) for the next generation of platforms. The main responsibility is to own strategy and drive execution across a portfolio of projects, ranging from network switches to machine learning pods. The goal is to reduce time and cost for platform deployment, maintenance, and repairs.

In order to achieve the goal, as the Hardware Design Engineer you will interface with stakeholders from data center, manufacturing, and product design to crystallize design for operations requirements. You will influence new platform architectures through technical insights, design changes, and trade off analyses.

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

  • Identify serviceability risks of the rack design to enable rapid deployment and minimize downtime during repairs.
  • Mitigate the serviceability risks through collaboration with partners in design, manufacturing, and data center.
  • Crystallize the tradeoffs between design and serviceability to enable decisions, from the engineer level to the executive level.
  • Oversee the validation and tactical execution of the mechanical design requirements, from ideation to ramp.
  • Align stakeholders across competing vectors through clear communication of updates, escalations, and achievements.

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