Senior Product Engineer, Networking and Optics

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer, or Mechatronics Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in manufacturing of server, networking, or cloud infrastructure products.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer, or Mechatronics Engineering, or equivalent practical engineering experience.
• 10 years of experience in the development or manufacturing of server, networking, or cloud infrastructure products.
• Experience developing manufacturing hardware using custom electronics, specialized fixturing, and advanced instrumentation.
• Proven track record in NPI development or manufacturing specifically for tier-1 cloud service provider products or tier-1 enterprise customers.
• Ability to collaborate with international teams and contract manufacturers, including the flexibility for international travel.

About the job:

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 cutting-edge 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:

• Build, optimize, and deploy Google data center networking and optics hardware in collaboration with global manufacturing partners.
• Define Design for Manufacturing (DFM) requirements and serve as the technical liaison between Design and Manufacturing teams.
• Act as the Manufacturing product owner through New Product Introduction (NPI), managing product changes to enhance design and performance.
• Analyze and root-cause manufacturing yield issues and field escapes, driving corrective measures with Google and partner engineering teams.
• Lead qualification efforts to improve multi-source rates and support capacity expansion during NPI phases before transitioning to sustaining operations.