Product Design Engineer, High-Speed Cable, Google Cloud

About the position

Behind everything users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team. The team focuses on developing and maintaining data centers to build the next generation of Google platforms. The team also designs and builds the hardware, software, and networking technologies that power all of Google's services. As a Product Design Engineer, you will design and build the systems that are the heart of the computing infrastructure from concept through to manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of high-speed I/O and interconnect cables and connectors, concept and design the next-generation families of cables to meet the expanding needs for both internal and external PCIe solutions, and support the growing portfolio of high power connector and solutions.
• Design Ethernet electrical cables to meet and exceed industry specifications, and drive multi-source development of cable solutions that meet Google's interoperability requirements.
• Perform tolerance analysis and FEA on mating designs.
• Develop thorough cable specifications that address electrical and mechanical performance, quality, ergonomics, and serviceability, working with a broad cross-functional team.
• Drive suppliers to provide functioning prototypes for early evaluation, identify and resolve design weaknesses inherent to supplier product offerings to meet and exceed Google's requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience designing mechanical components such as plastic or metal parts, mechanical assemblies, printed circuit boards, or flexes.
• 1 year of experience using computer-aided design (CAD) tools such as 3D MCAD, NX, Creo, or Solidworks.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience in design and analysis for thermal engineering fundamentals with heat transfer and fluid dynamics.
• Experience with high-density cable and fiber management.
• Experience with GPU systems and liquid cooling thermal solutions.
• Experience in rack-level integration, configured shipment and deployment.
• Experience in structural and thermal analysis using FEA such as ANSYS or FloTHERM.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Comprehensive benefits package