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Google · 2 hours ago

Senior Hardware Validation Engineer, Servers, Compute, Google Cloud

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$147K/yr - $216K/yr

4+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services. As a Hardware Validation Engineer, you will qualify new servers and specialized hardware for Google's data centers, ensuring they meet quality and reliability standards. You will collaborate with design engineers and manage testing processes to support Google's cutting-edge infrastructure.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Create test plans, coordinate resources, and communicate status updates to cross-functional teams and leadership

Perform electrical, functional, performance, and reliability testing for server products. Analyze results and incorporate learnings to maintain and improve the qualification process

Use scopes, protocol analyzers, bit error rate tests (BERTs), and other lab equipment to collect high precision data and validate high speed interfaces like PCIe Gen 5/6 and DDR5

Collaborate with ODMs/JDMs to ensure that the validation is up to Google standards

Report bugs and drive corrective action where needed with external suppliers and internal development teams

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringBoard level designServer architectureLab equipment usageHigh speed interfacesScriptingAutomationData organizationTeam managementTechnical leadership

Required

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

4 years of experience working in board level design and testing, or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree

Experience with lab equipment like scopes, BERTs and analyzers

Experience with servers and compute platform architecture

Preferred

Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field

Experience managing teams and providing technical leadership for complex programs

Experience in collecting and organizing data to reproduce results and explain what happened

System-level understanding of server products including physical, functional, logical, mechanical, electrical, software, thermal and cooling

Understanding of high speed transceiver interfaces like PCIe (physical, DLL and transaction layer), and memory interfaces like DDR4/DDR5 as well as the requirements to test them

Ability to use scripting and automation to execute test algorithms and analyze results

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

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2020 (9785)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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