Hardware Reliability Engineer, Beam

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Hardware Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 6 years of experience in applying Design for Reliability techniques.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• PhD or Master's degree in Hardware Engineering.
  
• 5 years of experience with experimental design and execution of complex hardware products.
  
• 4 years of statistical analysis experience.
  
• 4 years of experience working with manufacturing partners.
  
• 3 years of experience with failure analysis techniques.
  
• 3 years of experience with data analytics.
  

About the job

As a Reliability Engineer, you will play a key role in creating new consumer electronic products that meet a high bar for reliability and performance. You will work closely with the product management and design engineering teams to define standards, specify tests, and then supervise test execution and failure analysis. A broad engineering background and command of statistical methods will help to inform design of new products. Your strong interpersonal and communication skills will be key to ensuring adoption of your technical recommendations. Google Beam is a true-to-life new communication technology from Google that allows people to feel like they’re having real face-to-face conversations, no matter the distance. Powered by realistic state-of-the-art 3D imaging and spatial audio and integrated with today’s leading remote video platforms, Google Beam enables you to be immersed in the moment, together. As a part of the Google Beam team, you'll work with incredible teammates across all major functions in a fast-paced product-oriented environment. Your contributions will have an impact on the future of communications with Google products. You will apply technology to solve that really important problem that we often want to be together and we can’t.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliability test plans and performance metrics to validate designs and utilize statistical data analysis to characterize product performance.
  
• Conduct Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and electrical, mechanical, and functional tests and experiments to develop solutions and troubleshoot performance issues.
  
• Manage resources and projects involving multiple stakeholders, timelines, organizational implications, and changing circumstances.