Thermal Manufacturing Engineer
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Process, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in the manufacturing process and product development for thermal or mechanical parts.
- Experience with manufacturing tools (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, etc), Design for Excellence (DFX) and production line development.
- Experience with metals processing like Machining, Brazing, Soldering, Skiving, Zipper Fin stamping, etc.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering or a related field.
- Experience with thermal/mechanical manufacturing processes including tooling/fixture and production line development.
- Experience in delivering manufacturing solutions, resolving issues, leading yield improvements and cycle time reductions for parts and assemblies.
- Experience with thermal designs and simulations
- Ability to influence the product design process by proposing improvements with data.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to collaborate with multiple location teams on projects.
About the job
Google's custom-designed equipment makes up one of the largest and most powerful computing infrastructures in the world. The Manufacturing Operations team is responsible for providing the manufacturing capability to deliver this state-of-the-art physical infrastructure. As a Manufacturing Engineer, you evaluate the product designs and create the processes, tools and procedures behind Google’s powerful search technology. When vendors build parts for our infrastructure, you’re right there alongside ensuring manufacturing processes are repeatable and controlled. You collaborate with Commodity Managers and Design Engineers to determine Google’s infrastructure needs and product specifications. Your work ensures the various pieces of Google’s infrastructure fit together perfectly and keep our systems humming along smoothly for a seamless user experience.
In this role, you will join the team responsible for providing manufacturing support and guidance for Google’s next generation thermal solutions. You will be manufacturing expert with a proven track record of overcoming huge obstacles to successfully launch new thermal products in Agreement Manufacturer and Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) environments. You will have understanding of the tools, processes and techniques used to manufacture both system and datacenter level thermal products. You will be a partner to the product development team via your industry knowledge.
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
- Be responsible for developing manufacturing strategy, performing Design for Excellence (DFX) and driving implementation of manufacturing solutions for thermal assemblies. Drive concurrent engineering through communicating design, process, tooling, and material changes to manufacturing partners and design engineering peers.
- Research, develop and qualify advanced thermal manufacturing solutions to ready the supply chain for future product requirements
- Drive improvement initiatives to enhance manufacturing processes and product designs. Identify process, tooling, and automation opportunities to support high volume manufacturing with quality, reduced cost, and performance repeatability
- Provide front line support for manufacturing and field quality issues, owning resolution of manufacturing/supplier issues and driving design issues cross-functionally
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