Staff Automation Engineer, Pixel Watch

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

Google’s portfolio of innovative wearable devices helps people lead healthier, more connected lives by empowering them with data, inspiration, and guidance. As part of Google’s mission to make health and technology accessible to everyone, the Pixel Watch Product Operations team is seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join our expanding product development organization.

In this rewarding role, your mission is twofold: to partner closely with design engineering to drive and guide early hardware design decisions and to collaborate effectively with manufacturing partners and equipment providers to develop robust, efficient, and cost-effective high-volume assembly processes. You will be heavily involved in the entire product development lifecycle—from architecture selection to assembly process creation to final factory implementation and qualification—ensuring we deliver industry-leading smartwatches to users worldwide.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $192000 - $279000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Influence product definition and architecture selection, in close collaboration with product design teams, via early design for automation engagement.
• Generate detailed functional requirements specifications for automated adhesive dispensing, goal guided pick and place, sealing, screw driving, cleaning, conveyance, and other precision electronic assembly operations.
• Partner with manufacturing and automation equipment providers to design, develop, and qualify, cost-effective, high-volume automated solutions.
• Develop automation implementation schedules and provide technical oversight during factory and site acceptance testing activities.
• Manage cross-functional programs with global teams and contract manufacturing partners to ensure factory readiness and successful product delivery.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automation/Controls Engineering, Mechatronics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in technical program management and automation engineering.
• Experience leading the specification, development, and implementation of automated manufacturing equipment, including robotics, precision motor control, dispense, and automated optical inspection (AOI) systems.
• Experience working with design teams early in the hardware lifecycle to ensure design for automation principles are incorporated into product architectures.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Mechanical, Controls, Mechatronics Engineering, or related fields.
• Experience with high-volume, high-precision consumer electronics.
• Experience in Return on Investment (ROI) methodology and managing headcount/capital expenditure rollups.
• Experience in comprehensive automation vendor management from initial request for proposal (RFP) and functional specification through design reviews, acceptance testing (FAT/SAT), and factory deployment.
• Familiarity with NX or other CAD tools, DOE, Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility (GRR), tolerance analysis, and statistical analysis.