Senior Hardware Design Engineer, Platforms

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to own end-to-end board-level electrical design for data center and AI infrastructure.

You will shepherd schematic capture, BOM, and validation from concept through high-volume manufacturing, influencing performance and reliability. You will collaborate with Silicon/ASIC, Mechanical, Thermal, Firmware, and Diagnostics teams and partner with contract manufacturers to address DFM/DFT during NPI builds, delivering integrated

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of hardware development, board-level electrical design, and multilayer PCBA implementation.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout review using Cadence Concept, OrCAD, Allegro, or Altium.
• Experience in lab bring-up, hardware debugging, and electrical validation using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multimeters.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end board-level electrical design, including component selection, schematic capture, BOM creation, and circuit analysis.
• Define PCB stackup requirements, layout guidelines, and routing constraints with PCB layout engineers.
• Collaborate with SI/PI engineers to implement high-speed buses and power delivery networks.
• Lead board bring-up, functional validation, hardware debugging, and electrical characterization in the lab.

Skills

Hardware design

PCB layout

Lab bring-up & testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or related

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Cadence Concept

OrCAD

Allegro

Altium

Job description

Senior Hardware Design Engineer, Platforms

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• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in hardware development, board-level electrical design, and multilayer PCBA implementation.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout review using industry-standard tools (e.g., Cadence Concept, OrCAD, Allegro, or Altium).
• Experience in lab bring-up, hardware debugging, and electrical validation using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multimeters.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience designing complex, high-density server, storage, networking, or AI/ML accelerator PCBAs.
• Experience with power management topologies, point-of-load (POL) regulators, PMBus/I2C telemetry, and power sequencing design.
• Experience with high-speed digital interfaces (PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, Ethernet SerDes) and SI/PI co-design principles.
• Experience supporting New Product Introduction builds and driving DFM/DFT improvements with manufacturing partners.
• Ability to collect, organize, and present complex experimental data to isolate root causes of electrical anomalies.

About the job

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our computational challenges are complex and unique, enabled by custom hardware designed and made in-house.

As a hardware design engineer, you will focus on electrical and PCBA design, you will develop the board-level electrical architectures and circuit board assemblies that serve as the foundation of Google's data center computing and AI infrastructure. You will see those systems from early concept and schematic capture through layout, lab bring-up, validation, and high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our data centers, directly affecting billions of users.

Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our computational challenges are complex and unique, enabled by cutting-edge custom hardware designed and made in-house. As a hardware engineer, you will design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You will see those systems from concept all the way through to high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers, affecting millions of Google users.

• Own end-to-end board-level electrical design, including component selection, detailed schematic capture, bill of materials creation, and circuit analysis.
• Define PCB stackup requirements, layout placement guidelines, and routing constraints in close partnership with PCB layout engineers.
• Collaborate with signal integrity and power integrity engineers to implement high-speed serial/parallel buses and power delivery networks.
• Lead board bring-up, functional validation, hardware debugging, and electrical characterization in the lab using high-speed test equipment.
• Work cross-functionally with Silicon/ASIC, Mechanical, Thermal, Firmware, Diagnostics, and Safety teams to deliver integrated system solutions. Partner with contract manufacturers and suppliers to resolve design for manufacturing and design for test challenges during NPI builds.

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

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.

Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.

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

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