Supplier Quality Engineer, Power Rack
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a specialized field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP, etc.), or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience designing power distribution for data centers or other facilities.
- Experience managing New Product Introduction (NPI) and manufacturing operations with CMs and ODMs.
- Experience in applying Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Reliability (DFR) methodologies.
- Experience in supplier sourcing, vendor agreement negotiations, and technical partner management
- Experience in building quality plans, conduct supplier audits, and apply tools like FMEA, DOE, SPC, 8D, and Gauge R&R.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in working with Original Device Manufacturers (ODMs), Contract Manufacturers (CMs), and suppliers to drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
- Experience in New Product Introduction (NPI) for hardware programs or electrical manufacturing builds (e.g., PCBA, accelerators, equipment, racks, switches, optics).
- Experience in working with electronics manufacturing, data center hardware equipment, or data center operations.
- Experience in hardware engineering, manufacturing processes, and material selection.
- Experience in failure analysis of electronic components and systems.
About the job
Google's custom-designed machines make up one of the largest and most powerful computing infrastructures in the world. The Hardware Testing Engineering team ensures that this cutting-edge equipment is reliable. In the R&D lab, you design test equipment for prototypes of our machinery and develop the protocols used to scale these tests for the entire global team. Working closely with design engineers, you give input on designs to improve our hardware until you're sure it meets Google's standards of quality and reliability.
In this role, you will work directly with supplier partners managing all aspects of power supplier quality. You will collaborate with hardware designers, commodity managers, manufacturing engineers and drive supplier failure analysis. You will establish true root causes, and drive systemic corrective actions with demonstrated preventative solutions. You will extract and analyze data from supplier facilities, Google production lines, and the data centers to measure product performance and drive improvements.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.
We're the driving team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Responsibilities
- Manage supplier quality performance for power rack assemblies and power distribution components in the region.
- Conduct regular supplier audits and risk assessments to ensure compliance with quality management systems.
- Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations for component failures and implement Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
- Coordinate the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and First Article Inspections (FAI) for new mechanical components.
- Review supplier test plans, inspection criteria, and Quality Control Plans (QCP) for power rack subsystems.
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