Data Center Equipment, Senior Manufacturing Engineer

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience as a Manufacturing Engineer in an electromechanical environment.
• Experience in lean manufacturing principles, value stream mapping, and six Sigma methodologies.
• Ability to travel up to 30% to partner with regional suppliers and contract manufacturers.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience leading complex projects and mentoring junior engineers.
• Experience in the Data Center infrastructure space or Tier-1 high-volume production (e.g., Automotive).
• Understanding of industry standards and advanced engineering software for modeling and analysis.
• Knowledge of custom tooling design and validation for high-power electromechanical and thermal management (cooling) processes.
• Ability to influence supplier technical strategy, qualifications, and long-term relationships.
• Excellent statistical data analysis skills to measure performance, identify trends, and determine root causes of defects.

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.

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 the end-to-end strategy for high-volume process development, implementation, and optimization across mechanical, electrical, and networking components to ensure efficiency and quality.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Contract Manufacturer (CM) processes, lead supplier technical evaluations and direct the lifecycle management of complex Bills of Materials (BOMs) and Approved Manufacturer Lists (AMLs).
• Drive cross-functional technical alignment with Hardware Design, Operations, and Supply Chain teams, advocate Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles to create scalable and cost-effective product designs.
• Establish and institutionalize robust quality processes by leading complex Root Cause Analysis (RCA) efforts and implement definitive corrective actions across the supply base.
• Own and direct critical, large-scope manufacturing projects from concept through Mass Production (MP), including capacity planning and validation of new high-volume equipment, processes, and facilities.

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