Google Looking For Storage Test and Qualification Manager, Google Cloud at Sunnyvale, CA Full Time

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

10 years of experience in leading programs on Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and Solid-State Drive (SSD) technologies.

3 years of experience in managing technical teams.

Experience in establishing project goals, coordinating resources, and providing technical leadership.

Preferred qualifications:
Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Experience in developing teams, hiring talent, guiding individuals through change, and contributing to objectives and key results to meet organizational OKRs.

Experience in influencing test and qualification processes, improving quality, increasing performance, enabling automation, and reducing cost/resourcing.

Experience in managing lab work, data collection, and root-cause analysis.

Knowledge of the storage system: physical, functional, logical, mechanical, electrical, software, thermal etc. and interface testing.

Knowledge of testing and hardware qualification requirements, and algorithms for storage devices.

About the job

Our computational challenges are so big, complex and unique we can’t just purchase off-the-shelf hardware, we’ve got to make it ourselves. Your team designs and builds the hardware, software and networking technologies that power all of Google’s services. As a Hardware Engineer, you design and build the systems that are the heart of the world’s largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You develop from the lowest levels of circuit design to large system design and see those systems all the way through to high volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers affecting millions of Google users.

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 a team to resource and enable qualification of products to drive complex storage appliances from concept design to final production and deployment.

Collaborate with cross-functional leaders and external vendors/partners to track test/qualification status and report progress to organization leaders.

Act as a technical leader with in-depth knowledge of Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) and Solid-State Drives (SSDs).

Maintain and improve qualification processes.

Support career development and growth of individual team members. Make equitable hiring and talent decisions.

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.