Staff Hardware Systems Design Engineer, Platforms Infrastructure
googleSunnyvale (CA)
Staff Hardware Systems Design Engineer, Platforms Infrastructure
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googleSunnyvale (CA)
SENIORITY
Manager
About the role
Overview:
As a Hardware Engineer in Google’s Platforms Infrastructure Engineering, you shape the hardware that powers our data centers. You lead bring-up, validation, and deployment of hardware solutions and work across Hardware, Software, Mechanical, and Manufacturing teams to scale production. You drive system development from concept to volume production and own debugging and root-cause analysis of deployed systems. Your work enables high-performance, integrated hardware for ML/AI workloads at scale. This role offers meaningful impact shaping next-gen hardware experiences for millions of users. Compensation / Benefits bonus target equity benefits
Responsibilities:
Lead bring-up, validation, NPI, deployment, and sustaining of hardware solutions Drive system development from concept through production Lead debug and root cause analysis of deployed systems Collaborate with ASIC/FPGA, Software, and Verification teams to verify features Coordinate with Manufacturing to ensure manufacturability and volume production readiness Support data center deployments and field systems Work cross-functionally with Hardware, Software, Mechanical, Thermal, Validation, Manufacturing, and external vendors
Key requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or related field or equivalent practical experience 6 years of experience in a hardware system design technical environment 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role Experience in hardware engineering, system design, board design and development, debugging/troubleshooting Knowledge of hardware design processes and integration with cross-functional teams cross-functional collaboration technical leadership problem solving hardware system design board design and development debugging/troubleshooting
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