Hardware Validation Engineer, Cloud Platforms

Hardware Validation Engineer, Cloud Platforms

As a Hardware Validation Engineer, you will make technical contributions under the scope of a medium‑scale design or design validation project with general guidance from managers. You will implement, test, maintain, and contribute to the design of multiple subsystems and help develop hardware designs. You will prepare and provide all types of documents including concept designs, drawing markup, budget, schedule, design validation plan or results, and factory test and acceptance documents.

You will apply standard tools, resources, and processes to solve defined problems within a design project. You will collaborate across projects, share knowledge, and engage in community contributions to improve and sustain our culture and operations. You will support new product engineering and development in Google’s hardware R&D labs by helping design, build, and maintain complex system‑level testbeds.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a specialized field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP, etc.) or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience working in a hardware engineering technical environment.
• Experience with Linux, networking, network troubleshooting, failure diagnosis, data center server, debugging/troubleshooting.

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• Experience working within a data center or networking operation center environment.
• Experience with network design, protocols, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with computer systems (physical, functional, logical, mechanical, electrical, software, thermal, etc.).
• Experience reading and writing code in Python or other scripting language.

• Help design and build complex system‑level testbeds and maintain lab space, tools, and infrastructure.
• Work with teams to develop software and hardware systems and develop methodologies and tools to support team members.
• Coordinate the interactions between labs and engineering.
• Anticipate and resolve problems by applying knowledge and skills, escalating design, manufacturing and product test issues to other people within the organization when appropriate.
• Generate implementation plans and provide technical expertise and guidance during deployment activities.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $105,000-$151,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits. 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.

Our engineering lab team performs work that allows product development teams to focus on development. We have broad general skill sets and take pride in running engineering labs and filling in the gaps between the more narrowly‑focused product development teams.

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise.

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