Manager, Hardware Engineering

Socket.dev; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 283,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Devices & Services team is seeking a senior Hardware Engineering leader in San Jose. The role guides a cross-functional hardware team, aligns roadmaps with strategic goals, and ensures designs meet performance, reliability, and cost targets.

The position reports to the San Jose office and may operate in a hybrid schedule. Expect deep collaboration with internal partners and external vendors to deliver cutting-edge hardware platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 6 years.
• Experience in hardware engineering leadership and project execution.
• Expertise in hardware design, validation, and system integration.
• Strong knowledge of system design for testability, performance, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware engineering team with priorities and feedback.
• Develop long-term hardware roadmap with partners and vendors.
• Evaluate feasibility of designs against requirements and trade-offs.
• Analyze hardware issues and drive corrective actions for complex failures.
• Direct measurements and simulations to optimize user experience; travel >10%.

Skills

Technical leadership

Hardware design integration

Systems architecture

Root-cause analysis

Wireless hardware knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 8 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a Hardware Engineering-related occupation.
• Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, and 6 years of experience in the job offered or in a Hardware Engineering-related occupation.
• Position requires 6 years of experience in the following: Technical leadership or People management for team development and project execution; Design and validation of interacting hardware subsystems or Hardware system integration; Applying systems architecture principles or System design for optimizing system testability, performance, reliability, and cost; Root-cause failure analysis or System-level debugging of hardware and software systems to triage and implement corrective actions; and Applying domain-specific technical knowledge in wireless hardware design, system integration, and regulatory compliance.

About the job:

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $282,900 - $330,000 + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Position reports to the Google San Jose, California office & may allow for a hybrid schedule per Google policy.The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities:

• Lead your hardware engineering team by setting priorities and providing consistent performance coaching and feedback
• Develop the long-term hardware roadmap by collaborating with internal partners and external vendors to align on strategic goals
• Evaluate the feasibility of hardware designs against product requirements, customizing solutions based on performance, power, and technology trade-offs
• Analyze complex hardware issues, risks, and trade-offs to drive corrective solutions for ambiguous or novel failures &Review and approve hardware design, architecture, and technology development activities across multiple complex product lines
• Direct performance measurements and simulations to optimize user experience and lead continuous design and process improvement initiatives. International and domestic travel of more than 10% is required.