Manufacturing Engineer, Data Center Equipment

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.

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

• Conduct manufacturing and process audits and qualify CMs/vendors. Identify, initiate, and drive process improvements that reduce process cycle times and cost, while maintaining exceptional quality.
• Identify and evaluate Contract Manufacturers (CM)/vendors to fabricate data center related products and architecture.
• Provide comprehensive manufacturing engineering support to Google's global manufacturing partners during development and production builds.
• Use Product Data Management (PDM) systems to create and maintain Bills of Materials (BoM), Approved Vendor Lists (AVL), and Engineering Change Notifications/Orders (ECN/O) in support of Google products.
• Resolve manufacturing and field issues by applying knowledge and skills, escalating design, manufacturing, and product test issues to others within the organization when appropriate.