Design for Quality Manager

Design For Quality Manager

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 Design For Quality Manager at Google, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and robustness of our hardware products. You will lead a team to collaborate closely with design, engineering, and manufacturing teams to identify potential quality and reliability risks early in the product life-cycle and develop innovative solutions to mitigate them. Your expertise in design for manufacturing (DFM), Quality control, and reliability engineering will directly impact the quality and success of Google's hardware portfolio.

Responsibilities include collaborating with product designers, hardware engineers, manufacturing teams and suppliers during PreNPI to influence product architecture and ensure design and process risks align with Technical Roadmap Report (TRR) goals. Lead Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and other risk assessment methodologies to proactively identify and mitigate potential failure modes. Lead internal quality design reviews and participate in cross-functional product design reviews, identifying specific areas of risk based on computer-aided design (CAD) and finite element analysis (FEA). Collaborate to develop and implement comprehensive test plans and methodologies, including exit criteria, material characterization, and process and design validation testing, to ensure product quality and reliability throughout the development process. Collaborate with EI and PQE teams to define critical to quality measurements and inspection criteria. Develop and optimize manufacturing processes to enhance product yield and quality by reducing variability.