Hardware Testing Engineer, Technical Infrastructure

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 3 years of experience with hardware testing, process validation, or software testing.
• Experience with the overall systems integration process and the validation of those systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience with test methodologies, planning, execution, and reporting.
• Experience in troubleshooting functional and integration test failures that impact multiple engineering disciplines.
  
• Experience leading projects, or programs consisting of integration and verification functions.
• Experience with data driven decision making.
• Ability to work and communicate with all levels of management and individual contributors on the team.

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 leverage your extensive testing experience and knowledge of hardware design and operational processes in relation to data center deployment and servicing. You will work with design engineering teams to provide insights into product design that ensure scalable adoption of new technologies.

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 $93,000-$133,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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

• Validate NPI systems against technical requirements that span the journey of an L10/L11 system from the Data Center loading dock to installation to production to decommissioning.
• Author detailed, product-specific test plans based on data center-centric insights into product design, software tools, and process workflows.
• Create, modify, or deprecate verification tests that reflect changes to the technical requirements.
• Ensure on time delivery of test cases while gathering critical data and documenting test life cycle (e.g., setup, execution, etc) and identify and implement opportunities for leveraging automation wherever possible to ensure the quick execution of test and report processes.
• Communicate product risks uncovered by the verification tests to cross-functional team of engineers from Data center, Manufacturing and Product Design. Utilize established channels to communicate test updates, project trade-offs, technical recommendations, and escalations.