Senior Advanced Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

10h•$144,000 - $208,000

About The Position

Be part of a team developing custom silicon and electro-mechanical solutions for Google's direct-to-consumer products, Cloud computing, and Machine Learning. The Product Infrastructure Advanced Operations Engineering Mechanical Team delivers mechanical solutions for Google Cloud, serving Google's functions and customers. In this role, you will lead technical process and product development for Google's compute hardware, including AI solutions for internal and external Cloud customers. You will apply a deep understanding of manufacturing processes—including stamping, molding, casting, extrusion, machining, and assembly—to enable the design and development of next-generation electro-mechanical solutions at scale. You will help qualify new processes and suppliers and guide teams in optimizing designs, production processes, manufacturing lines, and vendors to strengthen supply chains. You will also advocate design-for-excellence feedback, tolerance stack analysis, and mechanical design considerations to enable manufacturing, automation, and scalability. Google's hardware teams work across areas including TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, and systems research.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial, Process, or Manufacturing Engineering, a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in process or product development for electro-mechanical assemblies for electronic systems.
5 years of experience in process, design, or product development for mechanical assemblies.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree or PhD in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Materials, or a related engineering field.
Experience with machining, stamping, assembly, die casting, injection molding, extrusion, quality control, and tolerance loop analysis.
Experience with operations and supply chain management.
Experience with process and production line development for high-volume manufacturing across worldwide manufacturing geographies.
Expert knowledge in mechanical part qualification and precision measurement techniques and equipment.
Knowledge of tool and die design, fabrication, qualification, and equipment or fixture design.

Responsibilities

Serve as a go-to technical expert within a significant area of manufacturing engineering, such as tooling, automation, test, process development, or design for excellence.
Help define medium- and long-term technical strategy and manufacturing architecture for scalability and robustness, and influence supply chain selection for next-generation hardware supporting Google Cloud and Machine Learning.
Drive initiatives that result in step-change improvements in cost, quality, efficiency, or capabilities.
Use advanced statistical tools to guide teams in making data-driven decisions that improve product manufacturing and design.
Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers within the team and cross-functionally.
Help guide qualification of new processes and suppliers.
Guide teams in optimizing designs, production processes, manufacturing lines, and vendors.
Advocate design-for-excellence feedback, tolerance stack analysis, and mechanical design considerations to enable manufacturing, automation, and scalability.