Staff Mechanical Product Design Engineer, Platforms

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to own the full product design lifecycle, from concept through manufacturing release, with emphasis on mechanical engineering, cooling solutions, and high-density PCBA assemblies.

The role requires 8 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree, with preferred Master’s in related fields. Candidates should have expertise in cooling technologies and high-power ASIC thermal design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in mechanical engineering and design principles, including production, sheet metal, castings, injection molding, structural analysis, and design of cooling solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own and design products over the entire product design life cycle, including requirements gathering, concept generation, detailed design with analysis, cross‑functional reviews, verification testing, manufacturing release, and sustaining.
• Ensure designs are sound, scalable, and meet engineering requirements backed by thorough analysis and product validation, including test plans and troubleshooting.
• Influence and shape future products by providing mechanical and product design engineering expertise into the technology roadmap with data‑driven decisions.
• Identify and scope projects around innovation opportunities as well as technology risks.
• Provide engineering knowledge and mentor team members in areas of expertise.

Skills

Mechanical design

Sheet metal design

Castings

Injection molding

Structural analysis

Thermal design

PCBA design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in mechanical engineering and design principles, including production, sheet metal, castings, injection molding, structural analysis, and design of cooling solutions.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience developing products with high speed signal, power, and cooling interconnects.
• Experience in the mechanical design and engineering of high density, high component count Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) assemblies.
• Experience in designing end-to-end deployment solutions.
• Experience in designing electro-mechanical assemblies with an understanding of mechanical tolerances from chip to data center scale, tolerance stackup analysis, quick connect/disconnect technologies and mechanisms.
• Experience in designing thermal solutions for high power ASICS and knowledge of advanced cooling technologies.

About the job

Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our computational issues are complex and unique, enabled by custom hardware designed and made in-house. Our Mechanical Product Design Engineering Team members work cross-functionally to design, build, and deploy the latest technology to support the needs of compute, storage, networking, and machine learning hardware.The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what's possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide. We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting‑edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world‑leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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

US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Own and design products over the entire product design life cycle, including requirements gathering, concept generation, detailed design with analysis, cross‑functional reviews, verification testing, manufacturing release, and sustaining.
• Ensure designs are fundamentally sound, scalable, and meet engineering requirements backed by thorough engineering analysis and product validation through developing test plans, performing testing, and ensuring designs. Troubleshoot, root‑cause, and resolve technical issues that arise throughout the product development life cycle.
• Influence and shape future products by providing mechanical and product design engineering expertise into the technology roadmap with data‑driven decisions.
• Identify and scope projects around innovation opportunities as well as technology risks.
• Provide engineering knowledge and mentor team members in areas of expertise.

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