Chip Packaging Architect

Google

Sunnyvale, CA

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), Architectural Design, Communication Skills, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cross-Functional, Ecosystems, Electrical Engineering, Electricity, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Machine Learning, Manufacturing, Mechanical Assembly, Photonics, Printed Circuit Board (PCB), Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA), Product Design, Product Packaging, Product/Service Launch, Production Volume, Project/Program Management, Reliability Testing, Risk Management, Signal Integrity, Supply Chain, System Integration (SI), Technical Leadership, Test Design, Test Plan/Schedule, Trade-Off Analysis, Wafer Assembly

LOCATION

Sunnyvale, CA

POSTED

30+ days ago

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in advanced packaging technology and high-volume production development.
Experience with optical sub-assemblies, including CPO, silicon photonics, VCSELs, and micro-LED integration.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience translating technical product requirements into packaging specifications.
Experience working within assembly houses or wafer foundries.
Knowledge of 2.5D/3D/3.5D heterogeneous integration (interposers, TSVs, RDL, micro-bumping, high-density substrates).
Understanding of end-to-end manufacturing flows, photonics fab processing, assembly processes, and reliability (component/board level).
Command of physical architecture, high-speed electrical/thermal performance, and thermo-mechanical constraints (warpage, materials).

About the job

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 Chip Packaging Architect on our Silicon Integration team, you will drive advanced packaging solutions (2.5D/3D/3.5D) and technologies for Machine Learning (ML) chips and custom Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). You will collaborate with product architects, design teams, and Signal Integrity/Power Integrity (SI/PI), thermal, mechanical, assembly, and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) engineers to create high-performance packages. Your focus will span optical packaging technologies, design tradeoffs, assembly evaluation, mechanical reliability, and qualification, seeing systems through to high-volume manufacturing.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $192000 - $279000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

Own product and packaging architecture for next-generation optical modules (e.g., CPO, uLED, VCSEL) and define manufacturing strategies for Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) packaging solutions.
Bridge hardware domains from silicon architects to platform teams, managing technical trade-offs across manufacturing, electrical, thermal, and mechanical parameters.
Drive advanced packaging concepts to high-volume manufacturing, proactively mitigating technical risks and authoring assembly processes and reliability test plans.
Lead cross-functional initiatives guiding new designs and test vehicles through qualification and New Product Introduction (NPI) phases.
Develop and scale the external supply chain vendor ecosystem while providing project management and clear communication across internal stakeholders and global suppliers.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

About the Company

Google

Build for everyone

Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe.

It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families. They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

Learn more about Google’s benefits on this site featuring Googlers’ experience.

How we Hire

Google’s hiring process is an important part of our culture. Googlers care deeply about their teams and the people who make them up. In order to build for everyone, we know that we need a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step in getting there.

Learn more about our hiring process.

COMPANY SIZE

10,000 employees or more

INDUSTRY

Computer Software

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria

FOUNDED

1998

WEBSITE

https://goo.gle/4dbno6V

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