Hardware Reliability Lab Engineer, Early Career

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, a related degree, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• Experience with transducers, sensors, electrical circuits, signal processing and data acquisition systems used to measure acceleration, temperature, pressure, force, flow, strain, and other phenomena found in an engineering lab environment.
  
• Experience in programming and CAD - may include LabVIEW, MATLAB, Python, C++, Solidworks or other modeling packages.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering: Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science, or Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience working in a hardware R&D lab environment or industry experience in electrical/mechanical component/system testing in a laboratory environment.
• Experience with failure analysis techniques.
• Experience with reliability testing methods and best practices, including environmental chamber - programming and operation, mechanical testing, and electrical testing of consumer electronics.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and mechanical drawings.

About the job

Google's custom-designed machines make up one of the largest and most powerful computing infrastructures in the world. The Hardware Testing Engineering team ensures that this cutting-edge equipment is reliable. In the R&D lab, you design test equipment for prototypes of our machinery and develop the protocols used to scale these tests for the entire global team. Working closely with design engineers, you give input on designs to improve our hardware until you're sure it meets Google's standards of quality and reliability.

As a Hardware Reliability Lab Engineer, you will operate existing manual and automated test suites, analyze the results of the test suites produced, and participate in system testing. You will document test methodology and results, and report to executive engineers. You will address day-to-day issues by following existing protocols and demonstrating elementary proficiency in the verification process. You will exchange information and detailed results of design tests and trends found within your team or functional area.

As a team, we find vulnerability in our Google Hardware and that allows our engineers to improve and avoid future field failures.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $66,500-$100,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Create and post engineering test setup, data collection, and documentation.
  
• Oversee Lab Test Instrumentation and Data Acquisition.
  
• Plan, setup, and execute environmental and mechanical reliability tests. Work closely with Reliability Engineers to develop solutions to testing needs.
  
• Create custom test setups and strategies to facilitate reliability testing of various hardware components and systems.
  
• Troubleshoot mechanical/electrical test setups, test equipment, data acquisition systems, and signal processing issues.