Supplier Quality Engineer, Thermals

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience as a Manufacturing, Quality, Reliability, or Product Engineer.
  
• 7 years of experience in the thermal technology and manufacturing process.
  
• Experience in statistical product quality control, process capability, reliability, failure analysis, and process improvement.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering.
  
• American Society for Quality certification (CQE, CQM, CRE, or CQA).
  
• 10 years of experience in Quality/Reliability and thermal technology.
  
• Understanding of thermal management from infrastructure to next generation cooling technologies, materials, components, and solutions.
  

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $134,000-$198,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the supplier quality and reliability of thermal deliverables throughout the life cycle. Drive cross-functional activities in the supply chain for overall technical operational readiness in all NPI phases leading into mass production.
• Provide consultation to the design, manufacturing, and commodity teams in qualification, and application of thermal technologies.
• Assess suppliers’ capabilities from a quality perspective as part of new supplier selection activities. Conduct quality and manufacturing process audits at current and potential suppliers.
• Work cross-functionally to define and ensure processes in place to provide the data required to manage quality and reliability. Interface with suppliers on a regular basis to share ppm feedback from the fleet and drive Return Material Authorization (RMA), Corrective Action Requests (CAR), Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), and Failure Analysis (FA).