Design for Quality Manager

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Design for Quality Manager at Google, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and robustness of our hardware products.

• Manage a team of engineers to define and ensure the quality of next-generation hardware from the earliest stages of development.
• Partner with product design, hardware, manufacturing, reliability and supplier teams during the pre-NPI phase to influence product architecture to ensure that design and process risks are identified and aligned with warranty goals.
• Lead and participate in cross-functional design reviews and use Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and other risk assessments to proactively identify and mitigate potential failure modes in the design.
• Collaborate with teams to develop and implement comprehensive test plans and methodologies, and define build exit criteria.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align quality metrics with overarching business goals and translate data-driven insights into actionable design, process, and supplier improvements.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in hardware design and development, with a focus on quality and reliability engineering.
• Experience in applying quality methodologies, including FMEA, tolerance analysis, and statistical process control.
• Experience in manufacturing processes, including FPC, SMT, and component manufacturers.
• Experience with reliability testing methods, such as HALT/HASS, environmental testing, and life testing.

• 401k matching
• Health insurance
• Flight privileges
• Equity
• Bonus
• Stock options
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.