Power Hardware Engineer, Pixel

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• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience working in a consumer or wearable electronics system design technical environment.
• Experience in one or more of the following: architecture, power/battery, low/high speed interface (e.g., MIPI, SPI, I2C, DDR, USB, I2S/PDM), analog engineering, and connectivity.
  

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience working in a consumer or wearable electronics system design technical environment.
• Experience in one or more of the following: architecture, power/battery, low/high speed interface (e.g., MIPI, SPI, I2C, DDR, USB, I2S/PDM), analog engineering, and connectivity.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Power Electronics or related discipline.
• 5 years of experience in power conversion design for consumer electronics applications, (e.g., battery charging, USB-PD adapter, wireless charging, etc.).
• Experience in wireless charging design and WPC-Qi specification.
• Knowledge of system power converter modeling and simulation, electromagnetic modeling, analysis fundamentals, and simulation tools.
• Knowledge of on-board power conversion design for consumer electronics battery charging applications.
  

About The Job
In this role, you will be responsible for designing, optimizing, and integrating enjoyable and safe charging experiences into Pixel phones and wearables. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Electrical Engineering (EE), Power Delivery (PD), Software, and Validation to integrate battery charging hardware into Google hardware devices. You will drive innovation by developing next-generation charging power architectures, topologies, and communication protocols to enhance user experiences. Including exploring advancements in magnetic attachment, faster wireless charging technologies, coil design innovation and other features.
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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$216,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .
Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional hardware, software and systems teams to define, implement and integrate battery charging (wired/wireless) hardware solutions to meet product battery charging requirements .
• Define and develop detailed circuit/analytic models for optimizing charging efficiency, reduce charging time and improve charging thermal performance.
• Define, develop, and optimize magnetic components for charging, for example, wireless charging coils using EM/analytic modeling and simulation tools.
• Create hardware power testing plan, validate the charging hardware system, and work with cross-functional teams for system validation in products.
• Propose and drive implementation of innovative new power solution for charging features across hardware and software to provide a positive experience.
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other, Information Technology, and Engineering

• Industries

  Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet

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