Hardware Validation Engineer, Google Cloud
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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 a hardware engineering technical environment, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
- Experience with Linux, networking, network troubleshooting, failure diagnosis, data center server, debugging/troubleshooting.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in working within a data center or networking operation center environment.
- Understanding of computer systems: physical, functional, logical, mechanical, electrical, software, thermal etc.
- Understanding of network design, protocols, and troubleshooting.
- Ability to read and write code in Python or scripting language.
- Excellent time management skills with an ability to manage constant priority changes and deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
About the job
You will support new product engineering and development in Google’s hardware Research and Development labs by helping to design, build, and maintain system-level testbeds (think data center-scale). Our engineering lab team performs work that allows product development teams to focus on development.
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.
Responsibilities
- Help design and build system-level testbeds and maintain lab space, tools and infrastructure.
- Work with teams to develop software and hardware systems and develop methodologies and tools to support team members.
- Coordinate the interactions between labs and engineering.
- Resolve challenges by applying knowledge and skills, escalating design, manufacturing and product test issues to other people within the organization when appropriate.
- Generate implementation plans and provide technical expertise and guidance during deployment activities.
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