Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience designing mechanical components (e.g., plastic or metal parts, mechanical assemblies, printed circuit boards, or flexes).
• Experience using computer-aided design tools (e.g., NX, Creo, or Solidworks).
Preferred qualifications:
• 12 years of experience in consumer product design.
• Experience shipping multiple consumer products in a lead or senior engineer role.
• Experience collaborating with suppliers on part manufacturing and final assembly, and onsite factory support.
• Experience with system integration, electro-mechanical components (e.g., audio, display, camera, antenna, etc.), waterproofing, thermals, grounding, or product architecture.
• Experience with NX and Teamcenter.
• Knowledge of multiple 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.
As a Product Design Engineer, you’ll 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 work on 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 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
• 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.
• Identify the root cause of design, manufacturing, or reliability issues and develop corrective actions.
• Balance design considerations (e.g., functionality, sustainability, reliability, human factors, manufacturability, and aesthetics).
