Senior Manager, Product Design Engineering, Pixel Phones

About the Job

As a member of a fast-paced multi-disciplinary team, you use your creativity and range of engineering experience to explore solutions to a variety of engineering problems. As a mechanical engineer, you participate in the design, analysis, and prototyping of new concepts. You work in a manufacturing and product oriented development environment and collaborate with vendors and outside sources in order to see parts through to manufacture.

As a Senior Manager in Product Design Engineering, you will design the next generation of Pixel phones. You will drive the design, analysis, and prototyping of new concepts while working in a manufacturing and product-oriented development environment. You will demonstrate creative problem-solving and design skills, clear communication, and a solid base of engineering fundamentals. With your strong organizational skills, you will help manage varied responsibilities across the product. You will work in a product design team that balances comfort, performance, and appearance in an innovative and harmonious design that complements and enables the technology. You’ll collaborate with external vendors and internal cross-functional teams such as electrical engineering, antenna, industrial design, reliability, operations, camera, and product to define and deliver excellent products.

The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.

Responsibilities

• Apply design, engineering, and technical expertise designing complex systems from concept to mass production. Identify the root cause of design, manufacturing, or reliability issues and develop corrective actions.
• Collaborate with suppliers of subsystems or individual parts throughout the design and manufacturing process.
• Anticipate and address product design issues or risks, analyze data, and validate product design to suggest or implement design improvements.
• Manage the product design, provide guidance to team members, and communicate progress, and request feedback to prevent/remove roadblocks.
• Balance design considerations such as functionality, sustainability, reliability, human factors, manufacturability, and aesthetics.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of experience designing mechanical components such as plastic or metal parts, mechanical assemblies, printed circuit boards, or flexes.
  
• 12 years of experience taking consumer electronics projects from concept to mass production.
• 12 years of experience using computer-aided design tools such as NX, Creo, or Solidworks.
• 4 years of experience leading multiple engineering teams.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of work experience in consumer product design.
  
• Experience shipping multiple consumer products in a lead, senior staff, or principal engineer role from concept to mass production.
• Experience collaborating with suppliers around the world on part manufacturing and final assembly, including onsite factory support.
  

Additional Information

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