Senior Hardware Systems Design Engineer, Platforms Infrastructure

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

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Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer in Sunnyvale to push the boundaries of custom silicon solutions powering data center deployments.

You will collaborate with ASIC, FPGA, software, verification, and manufacturing teams to deliver high-performance hardware for Google's services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in EE/CE/Physics.
• 4 years of experience in a hardware design technical environment, or 3 years with an advanced degree.

Responsibilities

• Gather system requirements, define architecture, execute hardware design, and product validation.
• Lead bring-up, validation, NPIs, deployment, and sustaining of hardware solutions.
• Work cross-functionally with Hardware, Software, Mechanical, Thermal, Validation, Manufacturing, and external vendors.
• Drive system development from concept through production.
• Lead debug and root cause analysis of deployed systems.

Skills

Hardware design

System integration

Vendor coordination

Education

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

Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field

Tools

FPGA/CPLD design

Job description

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience working in a hardware design technical environment, or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience working in a hardware design technical environment, or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• 1 year of experience in technical leadership.
• Experience with enterprise-class hardware systems design and data center engineering, server, storage, and networking products.
• Experience with FPGA/CPLD design and interfacing with other disciplines, including software, signal integrity, thermal, and mechanical.
• Experience in collecting and organizing details to reproduce results and explain the outcomes.
• Experience solving system issues, technical innovation, and managing technical roadmaps.

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.

As a Senior Hardware Engineer in the Board and System Design team, you will work on ML/AI hardware systems projects to craft the solutions for current and future data center deployments. You will work with product teams to ensure that their goals are met with your systems. You will work with Application‑Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Software, and Verification teams to ensure proper verification of features in your systems. You will work with the manufacturing teams to ensure that your designs are manufactured and ready for volume production. You will work with the field teams to support systems that are deployed in the data center.

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.

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

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

Responsibilities

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• Gather system requirements, define architecture, execute hardware design, and product validation.
• Lead the bring up, validation, NPI, deployment, and sustaining of hardware solutions.
• Work cross‑functionally with Hardware, Software, Mechanical, Thermal, Validation, Manufacturing, and external vendors.
• Drive system development from concept through production.
• Lead debug and root cause analysis of deployed systems.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .