Hardware Reliability Engineer

Google Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

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Job summary

Google Austin is seeking a Reliability Engineer with strong hardware reliability and analytics experience to define standards, specify tests, and supervise failure analysis for New Product Introductions. You will collaborate with product management and design teams to ensure reliability goals are met across hardware platforms.

You will lead data-driven test plans, monitor system reliability, and drive root-cause analysis with global partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Hardware Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in hardware reliability engineering, physics of failure, and predictive analytics.
• 5 years of experience in reliability engineering of cloud infrastructure hardware and technology, failure analysis, and fault isolation techniques.
• 3 years of experience in rigid PCB manufacturing processes.
• Experience in statistics and data analysis using MATLAB, Python, JMP, or Minitab.

Responsibilities

• Lead system design evaluations and implement reliability plans to assess and mitigate failure risks early in New Product Introduction (NPI).
• Drive reliability test plans and collect, analyze, and synthesize test data to enable verification of design reliability goals.
• Lead system reliability monitoring efforts (availability, repair trends) and proactively alert product teams on unwanted system behavior, working on mitigation strategy definition and implementation.
• Extract field reliability data to drive root-cause failure analysis while managing global Contract Manufacturer (CM) reliability and Ongoing Reliability Test (ORT) execution.
• Manage efforts with outside partners, testing labs, failure analysis labs, and cross-functional internal groups, while developing in-house test and qualification capabilities where needed.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Hardware Engineering

Master's degree or PhD in Hardware Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

JMP

Minitab

Job description

Mid

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Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

• Bachelor's degree in Hardware Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in hardware reliability engineering, physics of failure, and predictive analytics.
• 5 years of experience in reliability engineering of cloud infrastructure hardware and technology, failure analysis, and fault isolation techniques.
• 3 years of experience in rigid PCB manufacturing processes.
• Experience in statistics and data analysis using one or more software/tools (e.g., MATLAB, Python, JMP, or Minitab).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Hardware Engineering.
• Experience with system level reliability tools such as Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs), Mean Cumulative Function (MCF), Homogeneous and Non-Homogeneous Poisson Processes (HPP, NHPP), and simulation tools.
• Experience leading cross-functional, problem-solving teams using practical approaches.
• Ability to effectively lead teams to meet corporate and customer reliability expectations.
  
• Ability to effectively communicate to the project team with excellent people management skills.
• Excellent leadership, de-escalation, and executive communication skills.

About the job

As a Reliability Engineer, you will play a key role in creating new consumer electronic products that meet a high bar for reliability and performance. You will work closely with the product management and design engineering teams to define standards, specify tests, and then supervise test execution and failure analysis. A broad engineering background and command of statistical methods will help to inform design of new products. Your strong interpersonal and communication skills will be key to ensuring adoption of your technical recommendations.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Lead system design evaluations and implement reliability plans to assess and mitigate failure risks early in New Product Introduction (NPI).
• Drive reliability test plans and collect, analyze, and synthesize test data to enable verification of design reliability goals.
• Lead system reliability monitoring efforts (availability, repair trends) and proactively alert product teams on unwanted system behavior, working on mitigation strategy definition and implementation.
• Extract field reliability data to drive root-cause failure analysis while managing global Contract Manufacturer (CM) reliability and Ongoing Reliability Test (ORT) execution.
• Manage efforts with outside partners, testing labs, failure analysis labs, and cross-functional internal groups, while developing in-house test and qualification capabilities where needed.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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