Google is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join their Edge Supply Chain Manufacturing Engineering team. In this role, you will act as the technical bridge between design innovation and operational reality, ensuring product manufacturability and driving operational excellence through Lean manufacturing principles.
Lead design for excellence feasibility reviews and generate design for manufacturing (DFM) feasibility reports during concept readiness phase to resolve "red flag" features before design freeze
Validate mass production readiness through run-at-rate validation reports and line balancing charts to align takt time with cycle time
Execute vendor capability assessments and factory readiness gap analyses to ensure supply chain maturity. Enforce quality by reviewing process capability reports (Cpk > 1.33), control plans, and gage repeatability and reproducibility reports during the pilot phase
Advocate risk management by leading process failure mode and effects analysis (with risk priority number (RPN) reduction goals) and conducting pareto analysis and root cause analysis (8D) for any manufacturing issues
Optimize factory logistics by developing process flow diagrams and material presentation plans to audit and streamline how parts reach the production line
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
Experience in manufacturing
Preferred
Experience with supplier technical evaluations, qualifications, and managing supplier relationships
Experience with industry standards, including design guidelines and best practices for data center infrastructure
Proficiency with engineering and design software for modeling, analysis, and documentation
Knowledge of electromechanical, networking, and mechanical assembly processes, as well as tooling and equipment
Ability to conduct data analysis to identify trends, root causes of defects, and measure manufacturing performance
Ability to identify and resolve manufacturing and quality issues
Benefits
15% bonus target
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
