Senior Product Design Engineer, Tablets

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience designing mechanical components such as plastic or metal parts, mechanical assemblies, printed circuit boards, or flexes.

• 5 years of experience using computer-aided design tools (e.g., 3D MCAD, NX, Creo, or Solidworks).

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience in consumer product design.

• Experience with system integration, including electro-mechanical components (e.g., audio, display, camera, antenna), waterproofing, thermals, grounding, or product architecture.

• Experience collaborating with suppliers around the world on part manufacturing and final assembly, including onsite factory support.

• Experience shipping multiple consumer products in a lead or executive engineering role.

• Experience with NX and Teamcenter.

• Knowledge of multiple manufacturing methods used in consumer products.

About the job

As a Product Design Engineer, you will help design our new generation of tablets, balancing comfort, performance, and aesthetics. You will work on a team that delivers innovative and harmonious designs that complement and enables Google's technology. You will manage design uncertainty, actively communicating among a team to establish a design direction, creating prototypes that prove it, and working to scale that prototype.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000-$211,000 + 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.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Design a complex subsystem or multiple moderately complex individual parts from concept to production.

• Collaborate with suppliers of subsystems or individual parts throughout the design and manufacturing process.

• Identify the root cause of design, manufacturing, or reliability issues and develop corrective actions.

• Balance design considerations such as functionality, sustainability, reliability, human factors, manufacturability, and aesthetics.

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