About the job

Google has one of the largest and most powerful computing infrastructures in the world. Your 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.

As a Product Quality Engineer for Google Cloud, you will lead product quality related activities between Engineering teams, Contract Manufacturers, and Auppliers. You will be identifying and managing risks and clearly communicating project goals and status to stakeholders.

In this role, you'll evaluate product designs and create the processes, tools, and procedures to help improve our technical infrastructure on every aspect of product quality. You will work closely with multiple Engineering, Product Operations, and Supply Chain teams to ensure that the product represents Google optimally and ensures quality service.

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 and manage the product hardware quality for Datacenter hardware infrastructure throughout the product lifecycle, including qualification through Manufacturing curing test and datacenter deployment, life cycle management and change management,  additional supplier/production site and line qualification, to ensure consistent quality that meets Google standard.
• Provide technical leadership, set priorities, and drive resolution of complex technical issues for a robust product quality and predictable field deployment.
• Analyze manufacturing and field quality/reliability data to extract actionable insights and areas of opportunity for continuous improvement.
• Initiate, drive, and implement innovative product, process, tools, and development/improvement projects independently and in a cross-functional environment.
• Monitor, review, and present product performance data and metrics to stakeholders in a concise and clear way that enables data-driven decision making.