Design for Quality Manager

Minimum qualifications:

• 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.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in a relevant field.
• Experience with CAD visualization and FEA.
• Experience with JMP, Minitab, etc.
• Familiarity with industry quality standards, such as ISO 9001 and AS9100.

About the job

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 Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

As a Design for Quality Manager at Google, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and robustness of our hardware products. You will lead a team to collaborate closely with design, engineering, and manufacturing teams to identify potential quality and reliability risks early in the product life-cycle and develop innovative solutions to mitigate them. Your expertise in design for manufacturing (DFM), Quality control, and reliability engineering will directly impact the quality and success of Google's hardware portfolio.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $183,000-$271,000 + 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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product designers, hardware engineers, manufacturing teams and suppliers during PreNPI to influence product architecture and ensure design and process risks align with Technical Roadmap Report (TRR) goals.
  
• Lead Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and other risk assessment methodologies to proactively identify and mitigate potential failure modes.
  
• Lead internal quality design reviews and participate in cross-functional product design reviews, identifying specific areas of risk based on computer-aided design (CAD)and finite element analysis (FEA).
  
• Collaborate to develop and implement comprehensive test plans and methodologies, including exit criteria, material characterization, and process and design validation testing, to ensure product quality and reliability throughout the development process.
  
• Collaborate with EI and PQE teams to define critical to quality measurements and inspection criteria. Develop and optimize manufacturing processes to enhance product yield and quality by reducing variability.