Staff Power Management Engineer, Platforms Engineering

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

4d•$188,000 - $274,000

About The Position

Be part of a team developing custom silicon solutions for Google's direct-to-consumer products. The Platforms team designs and builds the hardware, software, and networking technologies that power Google's services. In this role, you will design and build systems at the heart of Google's computing infrastructure, working from circuit-level through system design and supporting systems through manufacturing. The work may shape data-center machinery and affect Google users. You will manage projects across multiple areas, monitor vendor performance, and evaluate new technologies. The AI and Infrastructure team delivers AI and infrastructure capabilities at scale, serving Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and Google users worldwide. The role focuses on power management and optimization for server and machine-learning systems across silicon, platform hardware, rack power, system software, and manufacturing.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 6 years of experience working with power chip or system power-management feature definition, design, implementation, integration, and testing.
At least 3 years of experience in technical leadership.
Experience with low-power design techniques, voltage/frequency scaling, xPU and system power states, power modeling, and related software and hardware.

Nice To Haves

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience in power system design, voltage regulation, energy storage, and conversion topologies.
Knowledge of power-electronics fundamentals and power-conversion technologies for data-center power delivery.
Knowledge of power-converter modeling and simulation.
Knowledge of total cost of ownership modeling and simulation.

Responsibilities

Innovate and deliver initiatives for server and machine-learning system power management and optimization across silicon, platform hardware, rack power, system software, and manufacturing; design and implement power-management specifications and solutions for these systems.
Develop methodologies for system power modeling and validation of power-management features; analyze trade-offs in performance, cost, reliability, and availability.
Partner with power industry leaders to guide the evaluation and adoption of technologies.
Guide collaboration with system architects, hardware engineers, chip designers, software and firmware teams, system qualification teams, and others; deliver business justification studies.
Provide technical guidance and direction while troubleshooting system-level power-management issues.
Manage projects in multiple areas, monitor vendor performance on projects, and evaluate new technologies.