Systems Architect, Cloud Supply Chain and Operations

Google • Sunnyvale, CA

14d

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.

Google’s Cloud Supply Chain and Operations (CSCO) team is seeking a Systems
Architect to shape and strengthen Design for Operations (Hardware and Software)
requirements for the next generation of platforms.

In this role, you will be responsible to own strategy and drive execution across
a portfolio of projects, ranging from network switches to machine learning pods.
The goal is to reduce time and cost for platform deployment, maintenance, and
repairs. In order to achieve the goal, you will interface with stakeholders from
data center operations, manufacturing, and supply chains to crystallize Design
for Operations requirements. You will influence new platform architectures
through technical insights and trade off analyses with stakeholders from the
Hardware Design and Software Architecture teams. You will help mentor an
experienced team within operations for in-house competence in platform
architecture, both hardware and software.Our Platforms Infrastructure
Engineering team designs and builds the
hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our
computational challenges are complex and unique, enabled by cutting-edge custom
hardware designed and made in-house. As a hardware engineer, you will design and
build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful
computing infrastructure. You will see those systems from concept all the way
through to high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the
machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers, affecting millions of
Google users.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a specialized field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP, etc.), or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience working in a Product Design for Data center platforms technical environment, or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• Experience in data centers, networking or supply chain/manufacturing operations.

Nice To Haves

• 3 years of experience in machine learning hardware architecture and software infrastructure.
• Excellent communication, project and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

• Identify flaws and issues with hardware components. Solve with limited precedent and analyze key issues, risks, or trade-offs, and address hardware failures by recommending and implementing corrective solutions.
• Evaluate hardware design feasibility based on product requirements. Help identify and customize the design solution based on trade-offs in packaging, performance, power or technology selection, and scope hardware projects. Collaborate with internal partners and external vendors.
• Apply best practices to optimize constrained hardware components to meet performance, power, and cost-effectiveness requirements. Accurately predict consequences of hardware design decisions in cross-functional trade-off discussions, supported by simulation or measurement data, as needed.
• Work with cross-functional teams to optimize hardware performance under established design constraints.
• Drive efforts for the documentation of the hardware design, its implementation, or test/validation results throughout the product life cycle.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level