Product Engineer, NPI Product Operations

Google will be prioritizing applicants who have valid working rights in Thailand and do not require Google’s sponsorship of a visa.Note: Google’s hybrid workplace includes remote roles.

Remote location: Thailand.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

• 8 years of experience in the electronics manufacturing industry, hardware design, Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) manufacturing and testing.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in Design Validation Test Plan on an electronic assembly with the knowledge of Automatic Test Equipment (ATE), Design for X (DfX), quality, and reliability.

• Experience in developing solid, effective technical relationships with agreement manufacturers.

• Knowledge of system, functional, and board level testing.

• Ability to drive root causes analysis, corrective actions and process improvements with cross functional teams, agreement manufacturers and suppliers.

• Excellent problem solving and organizational skills with the ability to produce products.

• Excellent leadership and communication skills.

About the job

The Manufacturing Operations team is responsible for providing the manufacturing capability to deliver physical infrastructure. Google’s Cloud Supply Chain and Operations (CSCO) team is seeking a Product Engineer to evaluate the product designs and create the processes, tools and procedures behind Google’s effective search technology.

In this role, you will collaborate with Commodity Managers and Design Engineers to plan Google’s infrastructure needs and product specifications. You will ensure the various pieces of Google’s infrastructure fit together and keep our systems humming along smoothly for a seamless user experience and product realization through Technical Leadership.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Lead reviews between Design and Operations Engineering to motivate deliverables that are key to implementing the manufacturing plan and test strategy.

• Lead the technology assessment for new products. Work with the product team to highlight risks and develop mitigation plans to ensure product meets specifications.

• Provide on-site for pre-production builds. Ensure factory readiness, support manufacturing line bring-up, provide product debug training and feedback on build issues. Motivate yield bridge analysis to improve product quality.

• Partner with Quality Engineers to establish product quality and reliability goals. Validate product qualification plans, support reliability testing and review results to ensure product performance meets requirements.

• Coordinate release of NPI Bill of Materials (BOMs) into Product Data Management (PDM) system. Perform technical review of product changes and assess impact on supply chain.