Senior Mechanical and Systems Engineer, Google Cloud

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Sunnyvale is seeking a Senior Mechanical and Systems Engineer to lead the design and optimization of IT/data center thermal systems from chip to data center. You will drive product requirements, collaborate with跨-functional teams, and contribute to research and planning for scalable architecture as part of Google's Platforms Infrastructure Engineering.

The base US salary range is $159,000–$231,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 5 years in advanced thermal management and product design.
• 5 years in CFD modeling and thermal characterization.
• Experience leading thermal management projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead qualification of thermal products from concept design through production and deployment.
• Contribute to system architecture from chip to chiller, optimizing Total Cost of Ownership.
• Develop holistic thermal/mechanical/system designs from package to data center level for cost and efficiency.
• Design thermal management hardware including heat sinks, heat exchangers, air movers, pumps, and cooling systems.
• Establish specifications and test procedures to ensure reliability and performance.

Skills

Thermal management

CFD modeling

Project leadership

Mentoring

Hardware design

Thermal testing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree preferred

Tools

CFD tools

Wind tunnel

Thermal chambers

Job description

Senior Mechanical and Systems Engineer, Google Cloud

Mid

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

Google

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, Electrical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in advanced thermal management and product design/development in thermal systems including air and liquid cooling, thermal interface materials, heat sinks, cold plates, high power chip, tray, system/rack cooling.
• 5 years of experience in modeling analyses, numerical modeling including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools, and experimental characterization including use of wind tunnels, thermal chambers, and thermal characterization of IT systems.
• Experience in leading project teams related to thermal management technology and product development.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience leading technical teams with product development and advanced technology development in thermal management.
• Experience working with cooling strategies used for packages, boards, systems, data centers, and advanced cooling techniques (liquid cooling, thermal interface materials, or heat exchangers).
• Experience working with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), Original Design Manufacturers (ODM), and cooling systems and component supplier.

About the job

As a Senior Mechanical and Systems Engineer, you will lead projects to design and evaluate the IT/data center thermal systems, identifying product requirements and contributing to research and project planning, from the chip to the data center, you will be responsible for designing and optimizing an architecture that will scale with Google's continued growth. 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 concepts all the way through to high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into data centers, affecting millions of Google users.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $159,000-$231,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Lead the qualification of thermal products from concept design through production and deployment, partnering with cross-functional teams and external vendors/partners to maintain and improve design, development and qualification processes.
• Contribute to overall system architecture from chip to chiller, and make interdisciplinary tradeoffs to optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of overall compute infrastructure.
• Develop holistic thermal/mechanical/system designs from package to data center level optimizing for cost and efficiency while innovating for performance.
• Design thermal management hardware including material selection, heat sinks, heat exchangers, air movers, pumps, systems, and cooling systems.
• Establish specifications and test procedures to ensure the desired reliability and performance of electronic equipment, while collaborating with, supervising, mentoring, and motivating both internal and external teams, to design and develop products.

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