Technical Lead, Hardware Engineering, Google Cloud

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

8h•$188,000 - $274,000

About The Position

Be part of a team developing custom silicon solutions that power Google products. As the Technical Engineering Lead in Hardware Engineering, you will pioneer high-impact engineering solutions and mentor and develop a team to improve efficiencies for the next generation of Google’s data center infrastructure. You will provide cross-functional leadership in partnership with electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, and thermal engineers. You will drive end-to-end technical strategy, identify high-value opportunities, guide executive decision-making, and deliver programs from concept through global deployment. The role involves navigating ambiguity, fostering technical excellence, and making data-motivated decisions that shape foundational infrastructure. The Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the hardware and software technologies that power Google services. The team develops custom hardware in-house to address complex computational challenges. Hardware engineers design and build systems for Google’s computing infrastructure and work on those systems from concept through high-volume manufacturing, contributing to the machinery used in Google data centers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
6 years of experience working in a hardware systems development environment.
Experience across the full product life cycle, from design through deployment.
Experience leading JDM/CM partnerships and design reviews.
Experience driving system-level architecture.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
10 years of engineering experience, with an understanding of data center technical environments.
Experience with data center equipment development.
Experience managing eCAD tools and workflow development.
Experience managing a technical team.
Experience overseeing lab validation strategy, hardware system bring-up, and root-cause analysis for complex debugging.

Responsibilities

Drive end-to-end system architecture, technology roadmap, and board-level design for next-generation platforms, establishing technical direction and design standards.
Lead multidisciplinary trade-off analyses across system, mechanical, thermal, and PCB layout teams to define high-density interconnect strategy, stackup architecture, and routing guidelines.
Architect Power Delivery Networks (PDN) and high-speed signal pathways with signal-integrity and power-integrity experts, establishing guidelines for robust hyperscale performance.
Lead execution and technical design reviews with JDM/CM partners, implementing engineering changes to accelerate project delivery.
Lead cross-functional engineering initiatives with Silicon, Firmware, Software, Thermal, Mechanical, and Operations teams to deliver cohesive, scalable infrastructure solutions.
Influence manufacturing and vendor roadmaps to optimize design for manufacturing and design for test for high-volume, enterprise-grade deployments.
Mentor and develop a team.
Drive technical strategy, identify high-value opportunities, and guide executive decision-making.