Senior Technical Program Manager, NPI Manufacturing, Pixel Watch

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.

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.

• Drive product definition and architecture selection, in collaboration with design and ID teams, via early DFx engagement in areas such as precision electronic assembly, automation, sealing, adhesives, metal fabrication and finishing, injection molding, display design, PCBA design and fabrication, and leak testing.
• Conduct identification, investigation, analysis, and integration of new manufacturing processes, technology, and equipment in support of program objectives.
• Drive manufacturing process and fixture development, in collaboration with manufacturing partners, by identifying functional requirements, researching, designing, modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment, and conferring with equipment providers.
• Lead improvement of manufacturing efficiency via analysis and planning of work flow, space requirements, production capacity, and equipment layout.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in process, research, or product development involving electro-mechanical products.
• Experience in manufacturing process or fixture development and validation.
  
• Experience in new product introduction, process management and contract manufacturing.
  
• Experience in design for assembly and failure analysis.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 10 years of relevant process, research, or product development experience involving electro-mechanical products.
  
• Experience in one or more of the following subject matter areas: automation, adhesives, leak testing, sealing and waterproofing, lean manufacturing, manufacturing process layout and optimization.
  
• Experience generating functional requirements specifications.
  
• High-volume and high-precision consumer electronics experience.
  
• Manufacturing process or fixture development and validation experience. Tolerance analysis, 3D modeling, CAD Systems experience.