Hardware Lab Generalist, Engineering Lab Support, Google Nest

工作内容

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Minimum qualifications:

• Associate’s degree in Computer/Electronic Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5 years of experience working in a consumer hardware research and development lab environment
• Experience profiling BGA machine equipment
• Experience working with Allegro to view board layout
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in fine pitch SMT and BGA rework
• Experience in fine pitch SMT rework integrated circuits, PQFN packages, small passive components (e.g. 01005), as well as general lab support duties
• Ability to use Allegro Free Viewer to search for components and wiring network connections
• Ability to work under microscope and read board layouts and schematics
  
  

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.

You implement hardware and software tests to ensure that equipment meets our client and customer needs. You also anticipate and diagnose software issues.

As a Hardware Lab Generalist, you will provide support to Nest Hardware teams from initial product prototypes, all the way to mass production. In this role, you will help assemble and disassemble proto-devices, provide lab support, and maintain well documented Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

The Google Nest team focuses on hardware, software, and services for the home, ranging from Nest thermostats to Nest smart displays. The Google Nest team develops, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make users’ homes more helpful. Our mission is the helpful home: to create a home that cares for the people inside it and the world around it.

Responsibilities

• Operate equipment such as soldering station, BGA machine, microscope, meters, temp chambers, IR Gun, power supplies, electronic loads, and DMM.
• Manage and organize lab supplies and equipment calibration.
• Maintain lab cleanliness and safety.
• Support the Design team with assembly/disassembly of prototype consumer devices.
• Act as the consultant for SMT/board rework modification.
  
  

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