Minimum qualifications:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience working in a Hardware technical environment, or 5 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• 3 years of experience in technical leadership.

Preferred qualifications:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience leading teams through design, development, and launch of hardware products in the consumer, enterprise, or related domains.
• Experience with project management methodologies related to hardware product development.
• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and software engineering principles from a systems integration point of view.

About the job

Our computational challenges are so big, complex and unique we can't just purchase off-the-shelf hardware, we've got to make it ourselves. Your team designs and builds the hardware, software and networking technologies that power all of Google's services. As a Hardware Engineer, you design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You develop from the lowest levels of circuit design to large system design and see those systems all the way through to high volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers affecting millions of Google users.

The Starline Hardware engineering team is responsible for delivering all of the hardware that powers Starline. As the Staff Hardware Systems Engineer, you will drive systems engineering and integration activities and lead collaboration across engineering teams and cross-functional partners.

Project Starline from Google combines advances in hardware and software to enable friends, families and co-workers to feel together, even when they're cities (or countries) apart. Imagine looking through a magic window, and through that window, you see another person, life-size and in three-dimensions. As part of the Project Starline team, you'll work with researchers and engineers in a fast-paced product-oriented environment. Our teams collaborate closely with Google Workspace and Research teams. Your contributions will have an impact on the future of communications with Google products. You will apply technology to solve that really important problem that we often want to be together and we can't.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $168,000-$252,000 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

• Define and document system requirements, architectures, and interfaces, and refine and enhance system design and development processes.
• Build cross-functional technical discussions and design reviews, guide technical tradeoff analyses and decision-making processes, and act as technical liaison between engineering and other departments.
• Identify and assess technical risks and dependencies and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Participate in system integration activities during prototype builds, and coordinate with manufacturing engineers to ensure manufacturability and cost optimization.