Product Design Engineer, Pixel

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience designing mechanical components such as plastic or metal parts, mechanical assemblies, printed circuit boards, or flexes.
• Experience using computer-aided design tools such as NX, Creo, or Solidworks.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• Experience shipping consumer products.
  
• Experience with manufacturing methods used in consumer products.
  

About the job

As a member of a fast-paced multi-disciplinary team, you use your creativity and diverse 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.

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

• Design a subsystem or multiple individual parts from concept to production.
  
• Collaborate with suppliers of subsystems or individual parts throughout the design and manufacturing process.
  
• Balance design considerations such as functionality, sustainability, reliability, human factors, manufacturability, and aesthetic.
  
• Identify the root cause of design, manufacturing, or reliability issues, and develop corrective actions.