Lead Electrical Architect for Compact Wearables

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 274,000; Full time

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Job summary

The Pixel Watch Electrical Engineering (EE) team at Google leads end-to-end hardware development for our first-party Watch products in Mountain View. You will champion hardware integration and electrical architecture for next-generation devices, guiding how to partition silicon into compact enclosures while maximizing power efficiency and thermal performance.

You will operate at the intersection of electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering, driving architectural convergence across teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience working in a consumer electronics technical environment.
• 3 years of experience in technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end electrical architecture for space-constrained devices, leveraging advanced packaging technologies like System in Package (SIP) and rigid-flex to maximize density and minimize Z-height.
• Act as the technical linchpin, collaborating with mechanical, RF, sensors, and display teams to resolve physical layout collisions and foster architectural convergence.
• Lead data-driven trade-offs balancing size, performance, cost, and thermals to keep development moving while optimizing SoC integration for power and thermal efficiency.
• Guide New Technology Introductions (NTI) to integrate novel, market-differentiating hardware components into the final product design.
• Ensure design for manufacturability (DFM) by overseeing rapid prototyping and validation of early-stage systems, ensuring compact architectures can be reliably scaled for mass production.

Skills

HDI design

System in Package

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Job description

The Pixel Watch Electrical Engineering (EE) team at Google leads end-to-end hardware development for our first-party Watch products in Mountain View. You will champion hardware integration and electrical architecture for next-generation devices, guiding how to partition silicon into compact enclosures while maximizing power efficiency and thermal performance.

You will operate at the intersection of electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering, driving architectural convergence across teams