Senior Quality Engineer, Opto-Mechanical XR Modules

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

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Product Quality Engineer to own end-to-end quality strategy for light engine assemblies (LEA) and display system assemblies (DSA) across the product lifecycle from NPI to mass production. You will serve as the primary quality liaison between internal engineering teams and manufacturing partners.

You will advocate product and customer quality, drive failure analysis workflows, oversee quality metrics, and lead cross-functional RCCA to deliver industry-leading display

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in hardware product quality, customer quality, reliability, or product engineering for display modules, electro-optical devices, or consumer electronics.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to resolve technical quality issues and driving structured problem-solving (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, DMAIC).
• Experience in a customer-facing or partner-facing quality role managing technical escalations.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product quality for Opto-mechanical modules (like LEA, DSA), driving quality target alignment (AFR), DFQ/NUDD reviews, and lessons learned across development phases.
• Lead customer quality and downstream partner engagements, managing quality issue escalations, represent customer feedback, and downstream audit/scorecard readiness.
• Drive the failure analysis, leading cross-functional root cause and corrective actions (RCCA/8D) with design, failure analysis, and manufacturing teams.
• Govern product change notifications (PCNs) and material review board (MRB) dispositions to safeguard product quality and design integrity.
• Establish comprehensive product quality dashboards, analyzing return merchandise authorization (RMA) data and failure modes to drive continuous design and process enhancements.

Skills

Problem solving

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or PhD in related field

Tools

JMP

Python

SQL

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Product Quality Engineer to own end-to-end quality strategy for light engine assemblies (LEA) and display system assemblies (DSA) across the product lifecycle from NPI to mass production. You will serve as the primary quality liaison between internal engineering teams and manufacturing partners.

You will advocate product and customer quality, drive failure analysis workflows, oversee quality metrics, and lead cross-functional RCCA to deliver industry-leading display