Job Description
This is a specialized role which requires physical interaction with hardware equipment in a simulated data center environment, utilizing Google labs, power, and safety equipment. Regular development and processing of engineering hardware must be performed on site.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.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience working in a power electronics technical environment, or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
- 1 year of experience in technical leadership.
- Experience in power measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes, programmable power supplies, spectrum analyzers, DMMs and function generators.
- Proficiency in scripting languages, Python, Linux for test automation, data collection and analysis.
- Knowledge of one or more of the following: DC-DC converters, open compute power architecture, SoC power architecture, and component-/tray-/rack-level power management and optimization.
- Understanding of power testing methodologies and expertise in bench level Hardware (HW) validation using test equipment.
About the job
As a Senior Hardware Test Engineer, you will be supporting a team of hardware board and power designers who are responsible for prototype bring-up, validation, qualification, and failure analysis of server-related technologies such as Central Processing Unit (CPU), Double Data Rate (DDR) memory, storages, onboard power and high-speed interconnects. You will also be responsible for liaison between Hardware (HW) engineering teams and the lab team to ensure lab resources are accounted for and to ensure we are ‘lab-ready’ for new products entering the Research and Development (R&D) labs or sustaining efforts.The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.
We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $159000 - $231000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.Responsibilities
- Define, execute and document electrical characterization, validation and qualification of on-board system-level power distribution network, covering from the power converter design to Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) power integrity validation.
- Work with minimal guidance to troubleshoot and root cause electrical component level defects and design issues.
- Support design engineers with debug, component validation, and failure analysis of released products.
- Develop test procedures for general qualification and targeted testing of Devices Under Test (DUTs) using automated/scripted tests as part of a larger automation suite.
- Collect and analyze aggregated data to enable data driven engineering decisions during HW R&D, report on findings, reduce test data, and investigate test outcomes thoroughly down to a hardware interface or component level.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Sunnyvale, CA |
| Job Type | Full-time, Employee |
| Industry | Computer Software |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1998 |
| Website | https://goo.gle/4dbno6V |
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
About Company
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.
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How we Hire
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