Manufacturing Engineering Manager, Data Centers

Google•Atlanta, GA

1d•$171,000 - $248,000

About The Position

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 Manufacturing Engineering Manager for Electrical Data Center Equipment, you will architect the interface between design innovation and global scale, governing the manufacturing life-cycle for Google’s mission-critical electrical infrastructure. You will lead an engineering team to institutionalize Design for Excellence (DFx) frameworks, ensuring power systems from switchgear to modular Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) are optimized for rapid and reliable deployment. You will drive supply chain agility by orchestrating technical vendor audits and Factory Readiness Gap Analyses (FRGA) across a network of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Integrators. By enforcing advanced process controls and lean methodologies, you ensure systemic operational excellence. Your leadership centralizes global risk mitigation through standardized Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) governance and data-driven test strategies. Ultimately, you will be responsible for building a responsive, high-velocity manufacturing engine that translates electrical design into a resilient, scalable, and high-quality global data center footprint. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in the following fields: new product introduction/supply chain, sustaining operations, management/manufacturing, operations/development or operations engineering.
8 years of experience in people management.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree or PhD in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Materials, or a related engineering field.
Certification in lean six sigma.
Experience in Manufacturing, Quality, or Product Engineering for hardware technology and systems and in Project management.
Experience with strategic and operational initiatives.
Ability to work, influence, and resolve conflicts cross-functionally with internal/external partners.
Ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas.

Responsibilities

Define and enforce the DFx (Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, and Serviceability) roadmap for data center hardware, ensuring consistency across all Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partners during Concept Readiness (CR).
Lead executive-level Feasibility Reviews (FR) to resolve "Red Flag" features, balancing product design goals with global supply chain scalability.
Implement a standard Design for Manufacturing (DFM) reporting structure that allows for rapid design iterations, ensuring a seamless transition from concept to design freeze.
Oversee global Run-at-Rate (RaR) validations and Line Balancing (LB) strategies; ensure that Takt-to-Cycle (T/C) time alignment is optimized across multiple global integrators to meet Google’s fluctuating demand.
Direct the development of standardized Process Flow Diagrams (PFD) and Material Presentation Plans (MPP) to ensure lean logistics and "Right-Part-at-Right-Time" delivery to the line.