Power Electronics Engineer, Advanced Technology And Innovation

XNote: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Reston, VA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience with power converter design including AC/DC, DC/DC, or DC/AC converter design.

• Experience with data center power delivery system design.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Power Electronics, or a related field.

• 10 years of experience in power converter design including DC/DC on boarding converters from power entry to Point of Load (POL), AC/DC rectifiers, UPS, etc.

• Experience in data center power system design, including microgrid design.

• Knowledge of power electronics fundamentals and various power conversion designs for data center power delivery and power converter modeling and simulation.

• Excellent attention to detail, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with cross-functional project teams.

About the job

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

As a Power Electronics Engineer, you will play a key role in the development of Google's computing infrastructures. You will work as part of a team to deliver innovative power solutions for data center computing applications. You will design, analyze, optimize, and implement rack, board, substrate package, and chip level power topologies and control for point of load application including ASICs, FPGAs, and processors.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $117,000-$172,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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Responsibilities

• Innovate and design on-rack and data center power conversion specifications and solutions, and analyze performance, cost, reliability, and availability trade-offs.

• Lead projects that involve new technologies or new uses of multiple existing technologies.

• Partner with power industry leaders to lead the evaluation and adoption of technologies.

• Engage cross-functionally to ensure successful roll-out, testing, and complete validation.

• Provide technical leadership and direction while troubleshooting system level power delivery issues.

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