Technical Program Manager II, Charging, Pixel

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target 15%

Benefits package

Job summary

Google’s Pixel team is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead cross-disciplinary charging initiatives for Pixel devices and custom silicon. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and executives to plan requirements, manage schedules, and communicate trade-offs.

This role emphasizes bringing up charging capabilities, aligning software with the multi-year roadmap, and delivering measurable improvements in performance and power.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with embedded software development.
• Experience with charging engineering.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software engineers to ensure wired and wireless phone charging capabilities are brought up and productized at power, performance, and thermals.
• Work closely with leads and partners to ensure software and roadmap feature alignment for current and future programs.
• Define and report metrics on system stability, and create dashboards and visualizations to communicate findings.
• Drive build integration and manage regressions. Anticipate stability risks and proactively mitigate them.
• Identify communication gaps, manage issue escalations, and provide support to teams balancing engaged priorities.

Skills

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Program management

Embedded software development

Charging engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience in program management.
  
• Experience with embedded software development.
• Experience with charging engineering.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience with mobile devices and Android software development.
• Ability to take an ambiguous problem, crisply frame the challenge, identify a path forward, and drive an initiative over the finish-line.
• Ability to work effectively with highly technical engineering teams and help them deliver against a backlog.

About the job:

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

The Pixel Device Core Software team is responsible for the core software running on Pixel phones. Our team comprises the major software subsystems such as core bring-up, performance, power, charging, thermals, storage, memory, graphics, display, and sensors. In this role, you will be directly involved with shaping and driving our multi-year roadmap for phones and custom silicon.

Charging is a key driver for Pixel device sales and experiences. With Pixel’s product portfolio growth and new investments, nailing device fundamentals is more important and challenging than ever. In order to deliver more helpful experiences effectively, we need to work cross-functionally and deliver enriching features while considering system impacts on key areas and user experiences.

The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.

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

US: $138000 - $197000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with software engineers to ensure wired and wireless phone charging capabilities are brought up and productized at power, performance, and thermals.
• Work closely with leads and partners to ensure software and roadmap feature alignment for current and future programs.
• Define and report metrics on system stability, and create dashboards and visualizations to communicate findings.
• Drive build integration and manage regressions. Anticipate stability risks and proactively mitigate them.
• Identify communication gaps, manage issue escalations, and provide support to teams balancing engaged priorities.