Senior Hardware Systems Engineer, Pixel Watch

Google•Mountain View, CA

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. The Pixel Watch Electrical Engineering (EE) team is responsible for the end-to-end hardware development of Google's first-party (1P) Watch products. We work with product managers during initial concept and design phases, advocate new technology investigations, and manage the entire hardware life-cycle, from board integration and comprehensive validation to overseeing manufacturing to deliver products with a user experience and state-of-the-art health sensing capabilities. Android is Google’s mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of experience in hardware system design within the consumer electronics industry.
Experience with prototype bring-up, debugging, functional verification, manufacturing support, and working in a lab-based environment.
Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (e.g., Cadence OrCAD/Allegro, Altium, or similar).
Experience in digital and analog circuit design, including high-speed signal integrity (PCIe, MIPI, USB), microcontroller/SoC integration, and board-level power design (DC-DC, LDOs, PMIC, chargers, and power routing).

Nice To Haves

Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
Experience owning electrical subsystems or entire products from concept architecture through mass production (NPI to MP).
Experience with embedded Systems and cross-functional expertise bridging EE and Software (SW).
Knowledge in DC-DC design and power tree optimization, with a focus on efficiency tuning through simulation and component selection with PDN (Power Delivery Network) optimization, including DCR/ACR modeling and switching power phase response analysis.
Understanding of the product development process for mass-volume production, with a focus on design for manufacturing (DFM) and design for test (DFT).

Responsibilities

Lead the electrical architecture, integration, and validation of Google's Watch products. Contribute to the new technology study and development for design optimization and new features.
Guide the design and validation of PCBA/FPCA assemblies. Partner with Signal Integrity, Power Integrity (SIPI), and Product Design (PD) teams to resolve technical constraints and optimize hardware for scalability and performance.
Lead system bring-up, validation planning, and conduct measurements. Debugging the issue discovered from the factory production, reliability, user trial, RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization).
Collaborate with Google technical teams on the function design requirement alignment, board routing optimization, cost analysis, and drive the engineering activities with the tasks, through the entire NPI phase.
Work with the operation team on giving the clear requirements for factory testing, process improvement, test coverage, and assembly issue Failure Analysis (FA) and monitoring.