Hardware/Cable Qualification Engineer, Google Cloud

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience working in the cable/connector industry in design or validation areas.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 10 years of experience working in the cable/connector industry in design or validation areas.
  
• Knowledge of server system and networking products including NICs and switches.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and relationship building skills.

About the job

Google's custom-designed machines make up one of the largest and most powerful computing infrastructures in the world. The Hardware Testing Engineering team ensures that this cutting-edge equipment is reliable. In the R&D lab, you design test equipment for prototypes of our machinery and develop the protocols used to scale these tests for the entire global team. Working closely with design engineers, you give input on designs to improve our hardware until you're sure it meets Google's standards of quality and reliability.

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.

Responsibilities

• Perform static bench level cable qualification by using Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) to verify the cable characteristics and analyze parameters.
  
• Set up the Device Under Test (DUT) and the machines/systems interconnect to analyze the Bit Error Rate (BER).
  
• Collaborate and coordinate with the cable/connector vendors and joint design manufacturers to align the test plan, review the test results, and discuss/define specification.
  
• Collaborate with equipment vendors to propose new test methodologies and understand the test equipment, instrument, or test fixture.