About the job

Google's custom-designed equipment makes up one of the largest and most powerful computing infrastructures in the world. The Manufacturing Operations team is responsible for providing the manufacturing capability to deliver this state-of-the-art physical infrastructure. As a Manufacturing Engineer, you evaluate the product designs and create the processes, tools and procedures behind Google’s powerful search technology. When vendors build parts for our infrastructure, you’re right there alongside ensuring manufacturing processes are repeatable and controlled. You collaborate with Commodity Managers and Design Engineers to determine Google’s infrastructure needs and product specifications. Your work ensures the various pieces of Google’s infrastructure fit together perfectly and keep our systems humming along smoothly for a seamless user experience.

You are a Manufacturing expert with a proven track record of successfully launching the processes to support mission critical new products. You are hands on and have extensive understanding of the tools, processes, and techniques used to build and scale high volume assembly and kitting operations. You are a valued partner to the new product development team through your industry knowledge, experience identifying and qualifying advanced manufacturing techniques, and your spot on Design for Manufacturing (DfM) feedback.

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're always on call to keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Support production released products until EOL, overseeing process yield control, cost reduction activities, and support automation solutions. Identify and drive DfM and process improvements that reduce process cycle times and cost while maintaining exceptional quality.
• Develop and sustain communication methodologies with cross-functional teams.
• Provide on-site support for pre-production builds at CM/ODM, including driving pre-production factory readiness, supporting product bring-up.
• Coordinate release of Bills of Materials (BOM’s) into the Product Data Management (PDM) system. Perform technical review of product changes throughout supply chain and in field, support qualification of alternate sources and release of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), Manufacturing Change Orders (MCOs), Field Change Orders (FCOs).
• Lead the effort to perform failure analysis on production and field failures. Support the Early Field Failure Analysis (EFFA) Program to establish and run the process.