Motion Sensor Hardware Engineer, Consumer Hardware
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a specialized field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP, etc.), or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience working in sensor testing, calibration, and validation, including automated data ingestion, processing, analysis and issue identification.
- Experience in sensor technology (inertial, magnetic, optical or environmental sensors), physics, applications, and system integration design and considerations.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 5 years of experience in motion sensor hardware including Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) (accelerometer/gyroscope), magnetic sensors and pressure sensors.
- 5 years of experience with sensor testing, calibration processes, system-level validation and failure analysis.
- Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python/MATLAB) and software development languages (e.g., C/C++).
- Knowledge of sensor technology, physics, applications, and system integration challenges in mass production quantities.
- Familiarity with high volume consumer product development and manufacturing test and qualification.
About the job
Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.
Responsibilities
- Develop sensor system integration design strategy considering electrical, mechanical and thermal constraints. Review sensor schematic, board layout and mechanical designs for wearable and phone products maintaining best practices for sensors.
- Design and execute plans to bring-up, debug, calibrate, and validate sensor design in systems to achieve functional and performance goals at the product/UX level.
- Conduct root cause analysis and drive correction actions to resolve sensor related engineering challenges and issues.
- Support internal, cross-functional, or external collaborations during sensor manufacturing, factory testing/calibration, validation, execution and Failure Analysis and Corrective Action.
- Document and report sensor hardware design and performance results, maintain hardware engineering specification and contribute to cross-functional communication.
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