Principal Engineer, Global Fleet Optimization

Google; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 307,000 - 427,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Principal Engineer, Resource Optimization and Fleet Logic, to own the architectural outlook and end-to-end strategy for its planetary-scale capacity planning ecosystem. You will be the primary technical authority for planning constraints, optimization scenarios, and deployment workflows to maximize data center utilization.

You will lead a multi-year architectural path for data center capacity planning, placement, supply planning, and fleet reconfiguration for ML, compute, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience as a software engineer.
• Experience delivering large-scale capacity planning, IaaS/PaaS solutions, or fleet management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of next generation global fleet planning, defining a multi-year engineering roadmap to deliver 10x more data center capacity with ML, compute & storage resources.
• Leverage deep technical knowledge across the data center stack, spanning ML hardware (TPUs/GPUs), general compute, power, cooling, physical space, supply chain workflows, and network topology to model, forecast, and dynamically reconfigure fleet resources.
• Partner across AI & Infrastructure organizations to define a unified capacity management product suite meeting AI training and inference for internal and external customers.
• Integrate cutting-edge AI/ML, operations research, and advanced mathematical optimization into capacity planning workflows to compress capacity cycles, eliminate stranded capacity, and maximize data center utilization.
• Collaborate with academic institutions and industry pioneers to anticipate technology trends.

Skills

Capacity planning

Fleet management

IaaS/PaaS

Operations research

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Job description

Google is seeking a Principal Engineer, Resource Optimization and Fleet Logic, to own the architectural outlook and end-to-end strategy for its planetary-scale capacity planning ecosystem. You will be the primary technical authority for planning constraints, optimization scenarios, and deployment workflows to maximize data center utilization.

You will lead a multi-year architectural path for data center capacity planning, placement, supply planning, and fleet reconfiguration for ML, compute, and