Mechanical Design Engineer, Platforms, Google Cloud
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 1 year of experience designing mechanical components like plastic or metal parts, mechanical assemblies, printed circuit boards, or flexes.
- 1 year of experience using computer-aided design (CAD) tools like 3D MCAD, NX, Creo, or Solidworks.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- 8 years of experience in mechanical design, analysis and validation of server systems and products.
- Experience in mechanical product design and analysis using CAD/CAE tools.
- Knowledge of mechanical engineering and design principles with specific expertise in the areas of design for medium-scale production, sheet metal and injection molding, material properties/science, DFM/DFA, dimensional tolerance analysis, structural and thermal analysis, heat transfer and fluid dynamics.
About the job
Our computational challenges are so big and unique we can't just buy our hardware, we've got to make it ourselves. Our Platforms Team designs and builds the hardware, software and networking technologies that power all of Google's services. As a Mechanical Engineer you design and evaluate our data center systems, identifying product requirements and contributing to research and project planning. From the chip to chiller, you are responsible for designing and optimizing an architecture that will scale with Google's continued growth.
With your technical expertise, you lead and manage projects, develop product and process improvements, provide consultation to others and help facilitate training and development.
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
- Own and design entire product design life cycle including requirements gathering, concept generation, detailed design with analysis, verification testing, cross-functional reviews, and manufacturing release.
- Develop and execute designs for systems backed by thorough engineering analysis.
- Create test plans, perform testing, and validate designs to meet engineering requirements.
- Troubleshoot root cause, and resolve potential technical tests.
- Influence and shape future products by providing mechanical and product design engineering expertise into the technology roadmap with data-motivated decisions.
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