Environmental Health and Safety NPI Technical Program Manager

Google; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking an EHS NPI Technical Program Manager in San Francisco to drive safety and ergonomic risk mitigation across the hardware product lifecycle for data center deployments. You will proactively review product designs, identify hazards, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement effective mitigations, while reporting risk data to partners and stakeholders.

Travel 15–20% as needed. Google values safety leadership and clear communication with executives to balance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Health and Safety, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• 2 years of experience working in product design, or 1 year with an advanced degree.
• Experience in product/hardware platform design safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide EHS leadership for new hardware products, implementing mitigations to ensure safety.
• Coordinate equipment reviews with cross-functional teams for risk mitigation.
• Review incidents with teams to evaluate risk mitigation options.
• Manage and report risk and mitigation data to partners and stakeholders.
• Travel 15-20% as needed.

Skills

Program management

Product design

Safety in design

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Data analysis

Problem solving

Executive stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Job description

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Atlanta, GA, USA; Addison, TX, USA; New York, NY, USA; Reston, VA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA. Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Health and Safety, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• 2 years of experience working in product design, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• Experience in product/hardware platform design safety.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Ability to quickly understand new equipment, creative problem solving and ability to think outside the box.
• Applied project management skills and ability to create workable project plans with project scope, and execute on such plans.
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills, data quality troubleshooting and problem solving skills, outstanding collaboration and project management skills, and experience working with cross-functional teams and executive-level stakeholders.
• Data driven problem-solving skills and ability to identify key issues, gather and analyze large complex data sets to support hypotheses and develop actionable recommendations.

About The Job A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers. The EHS NPI team is dedicated to ensuring safety is built-in to new platforms and other products that enter our data centers. We work to ensure that safety and ergonomic risks are identified and properly mitigated for all touchpoints across the lifecycle for deployments in the Google data center environment. Our team is committed to enabling Google to lead the industry in keeping our people safe while remaining on the cutting edge of hardware development and deployment. Safety and Ergonomics play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and usability of new product designs. As an EHS NPI Technical Program Manager, you will proactively review product designs at all stages of development, identify potential safety hazards and ergonomic risks, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement effective mitigation measures. The primary objective is to minimize the risk of safety incidents and promote the well-being of end-users by integrating safety and ergonomic considerations into the product development lifecycle. The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $138000 - $197000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Responsibilities

• Provide EHS leadership for the introduction of new hardware products, implementing mitigations to ensure the highest level of safety possible. Evaluate new data center hardware for employee hazards to servers, racks, tools and related infrastructure, coordinating equipment changes with cross-functional teams to enable risk mitigation across the product life cycle.
• Manage safety requirement integration into design standards, coordinate equipment reviews with cross-functional teams to perform job hazard analysis.
• Review incidents with cross functional teams to evaluate risk mitigation options for current and future deployed equipment.
• Manage and report risk and mitigation data to partner and stakeholder teams.
• Travel of 15-20% as needed.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.