Google Looking For Senior Hardware Engineer, Pixel Platform at Mountain View, CA Full Time

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

2 years of experience with system power and performance validation.

Preferred qualifications:
Knowledge of Power Delivery Systems, Power Distribution, and Test Validation.

Knowledge of System on Chip (SoC) active power and clocking management, dynamic voltage, and frequency scaling system.

Understanding of Power Management, Integrated Circuit (IC) design, and platform power delivery network design.

Understanding of printed circuit board (PCB) layout and electromagnetic capability (EMC) fundamentals.

Understanding of power IC circuitry, battery power interface IC, on-die power monitor, power design for volume test.

Excellent power system, problem solving, debugging, and analysis skills.

About the job

Google engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. As a member of an extraordinarily creative, motivated and talented team, you develop new products that are used by millions of people. We need our engineers to be versatile and passionate to take on new problems as we continue to push technology forward. If you get excited about building new things and working across discipline lines, then our team might be your next career step.

As the Senior Hardware Engineer, you will work cross-functionally to deliver a consumer hardware platform for volume production. Our team is responsible for hardware platform and system quality optimization for the next generation of Google’s consumer devices.

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.

Responsibilities

Manage Power Management IC bring-up, validation on Pixel development platform, and product device form-factor board.

Engage with power architecture and design team to improve power Integrated Circuit (IC) circuitry for volume manufacture test and calibration at form factory platform.

Develop and execute a validation test plan for System Power covering various integration levels.

Create validation test reports to ensure data accuracy and completeness. Lead bug reporting and debugging processes for root-cause solutions.

Lead root-cause analysis efforts on system level power failure through Finite Element Analysis and lab design of experiments, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) vendors.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.