Staff Optical Validation Engineer, Platforms Infrastructure Engineering
googleSunnyvale, TX
Staff Optical Validation Engineer, Platforms Infrastructure Engineering
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googleSunnyvale, TXtoday
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Computer Systems Design ServicesResearch and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life SciencesComputing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related ServicesOverview:
As Staff Optical Hardware Validation Engineer at Google, you lead the validation of optical transceiver designs and drive rigour across lab testing and NPI efforts. You will guide cross-functional teams to develop robust validation plans, optimize lab processes, and ensure scalable, state-of-the-art test capabilities for Google Cloud networking hardware. Your work shapes product quality and reliability in large-scale data center environments, delivering impactful results through hands-on leadership and collaboration. Compensation / Benefits bonus target 20% equity benefits
Responsibilities:
Drive test development for optical product designs and create comprehensive validation plans Provide technical leadership to the validation team and optimize methodologies and lab processes Develop automated test scripts and debug hardware/software issues on switch/router/transport platforms Analyze, troubleshoot, and root cause field failures of optical transceiver modules, driving issues to closure Install, test, repair, and validate hardware and fiber connections; maintain lab infrastructure and equipment Organize data to improve validation processes and communicate status to cross-functional teams Report bugs and coordinate corrective actions with external suppliers and internal development teams Collaborate with optics leads and other teams to configure lab networks for performance evaluation
Key requirements:
6 years of hardware engineering experience working on optical transceiver components 3 years of experience in technical leadership Experience testing, debugging, and troubleshooting hardware collaboration leadership problem solving Linux/Unix lab test automation frameworks data center optical transceiver standards
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Level
LeadL6
Location
Sunnyvale, TX
Occupation
Validation Engineers
Industry
Computer Systems Design Services
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