Senior Manager, PCBA DFM Engineering

As the Senior Manager of PCBA DfM Engineering, you will provide strategic direction and technical leadership for a specialized engineering organization responsible for the manufacturability, yield, and quality of Google’s Consumer Hardware products (including Phones, Watches, Hearables, and more). At this level, you are expected to be an industry-leading expert who will define the multi-year technology road map for Surface Mount Technology and advanced packaging integration.

You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, partnering with executive leadership across product design, hardware engineering, and global supply chain to solve the most complex physical challenges in consumer electronics and ensure our products are built reliably at massive scale.

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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a high-performing global organization of Design for Manufacturability (DfM) and Surface Mount Technology (SMT) engineers.
• Define and execute long-term SMT and PCBA manufacturing strategies, driving adoption of next-generation component technologies.
• Serve as the primary technical authority for high-impact manufacturing escalations, resolving complex defects utilizing root-cause analysis.
• Partner strategically with tier-one industry vendors and contract manufacturers (CM) to influence supplier material and equipment road maps.
• Advocate the centralized architecture of technology documentation to scale organizational knowledge and set internal DfM guidelines.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of industry experience in Surface Mount Technology (SMT) processes, Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA), or Design for Manufacturability (DFM).
• 10 years of experience managing engineering teams, including experience managing people managers.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Materials, or a related engineering field.
• 15 years of industry experience in SMT processes for consumer hardware, and ability to drive joint development with global contract manufacturers.
• Experience in industry leadership, such as patents, publications, or driving standardizations across international business units.