Mechanical Product Design Engineer, Platforms

Google Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Sunnyvale, CA, USA is seeking a Mechanical Product Design Engineer for Platforms to join the Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team. This mid-level role emphasizes on-site hardware development in data center environments, with ownership from concept through manufacturing and rigorous mechanical analysis.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field and has 3 years of mechanical design experience, including sheet metal, castings, injection

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in mechanical engineering and design, including sheet metal, castings, injection molding, structural analysis, and thermal analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own and design entire product design life cycle, including requirements gathering, concept generation, detailed design with analysis, verification testing, cross-functional reviews, and manufacturing release.
• Develop and execute designs for systems backed by thorough engineering analysis.
• Create test plans, perform testing, and validate designs to meet engineering requirements.
• Troubleshoot, root cause, and resolve potential technical issues.

Skills

Mechanical design

Thermal analysis

Structural analysis

Sheet metal

Injection molding

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Mechanical Product Design Engineer, Platforms

Google Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Mid

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

X This is a specialized role which requires physical interaction with hardware equipment in a simulated data center environment, utilizing Google labs, power, and safety equipment. Regular development and processing of engineering hardware must be performed on site.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in mechanical engineering and design, including sheet metal, castings, injection molding, structural analysis, and thermal analysis.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in designing electro-mechanical assemblies with an understanding of mechanical tolerances from chip to data center scale, tolerance stackup analysis, quick connect/disconnect technologies and mechanisms.
• Experience developing products with high speed signal, power, and cooling interconnects.
• Experience in the mechanical design and engineering of high density, high component count PCBA assemblies.
• Knowledge of ASIC cooling solution stack-ups, their structural behavior, and reliability.

About the job

Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the hardware and software technologies that power Google's services. Our computational challenges are unique, enabled by custom hardware designed and made in-house. Our Mechanical Product Design Engineering team members work cross-functionally to design, build, and deploy the latest technology to support the needs of compute, storage, networking, and machine learning hardware.

As a Mechanical Product Design Engineer, you design and evaluate our data center systems, identify product requirements, and contribute to research and project planning. From the chip to chiller, you are responsible for designing and optimizing products within our architecture that will change and scale with Google's continued growth.

With your technical expertise, you perform detailed design and analysis, develop product and process improvements, and collaborate with cross-functional team members to build innovative solutions.

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: $132000 - $189000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Own and design entire product design life cycle, including requirements gathering, concept generation, detailed design with analysis, verification testing, cross-functional reviews, and manufacturing release.
• Develop and execute designs for systems backed by thorough engineering analysis.
• Create test plans, perform testing, and validate designs to meet engineering requirements.
• Troubleshoot, root cause, and resolve potential technical issues.
• Influence and shape future products by providing mechanical and product design engineering expertise into the technology roadmap with data-driven decisions. Identify and scope projects around innovation opportunities as well as technology risks.

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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