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.

Pixel Test Engineering (PTE) ensures that our customers get the best of Google and Android with Pixel-branded phones, tablets, earbuds, watches and trackers through rigorous software testing with hardware in the loop. PTE Labs provides the hardware and infrastructure that makes all that testing possible on a large-scale, thousands of devices in facilities across the globe, testing 24x7.

PTE Labs collaborates with test teams to define their requirements, secure the space, equipment, power, networking and monitoring to scale up their testbeds in an efficient reliable manner. This demands planning and coordination with the PTE Labs team, suppliers, Real Estate and Workplace Services (REWS) and the PTE Labs Software team.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $144,000-$209,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize lab efficiency, testbed utilization, and operational costs.

• Ensure high availability, stability, and reliability of all lab infrastructure, including testbeds, host machines, network equipment, power systems, and physical space. Manage lab inventory, including test devices, hosts, peripherals, tools, and consumables.

• Manage the complete lifecycle of Pixel test devices procurement, intake, inventory tracking, software flashing/provisioning, allocation to testbeds, and eventual decommissioning.

• Ensure proper setup, configuration, and maintenance of testbeds, including connections between Devices Under Tests (DUTs), host machines, and any specialized equipment. Support and troubleshoot the test execution infrastructure, such as omnilab (e.g., mobile harness) and test frameworks like mobly.

• Automate, tool and process improvement and vendor and budget management.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience in laboratory safety protocols (e.g., chemicals, lasers, voltage, etc.), mechanical metrology (e.g., CAD, use of calipers, micrometers, gauge blocks, dial indicators, Instron, etc.), and electrical metrology (e.g., multimeter, O-scope, etc.).

• 5 years of experience in vendor management and procurements (e.g., procurement of electromechanical and laboratory components), and PCB and FPCB rework (e.g., soldering, desoldering, crimping, etc.).

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s or PhD degree in Engineering, Computer Science or other technical related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience with test management (e.g., test methodologies, planning, execution, and reporting) with hardware in the loop in a lab environment or experience with hardware testing, process validation, or software testing.