Senior Product Quality Engineer, Google Home and Health

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in manufacturing quality management in the consumer electronics industry.
• Experience in quality processes and tools such as PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, and MSA/GR&R.
• Experience with problem solving methodologies (e.g., 8D, DMAIC, Fishbone, 5-Why, CAPA) for factory and field defects.
• Experience in managing contract manufacturers (OEM/ODM/JDM) across Surface-Mount Technology (SMT) and Final Assembly, Test, and Pack (FATP) lines.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 25% to manufacturing partner sites during critical NPI build cycles.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering or 8 years of experience managing hardware quality for complex wearable health trackers or connected devices.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Proficiency with statistical data analysis tools (Minitab, JMP) or for automated metrics tracking, defect Pareto analysis, and quality reporting.
• Strong cross-functional technical leadership with the ability to drive technical alignment across design, operations, and executive stakeholders.
  
  

About The Job

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop Product Quality Control Plans (PQCP) across IQC, IPQC, and OQC, and lead Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) reviews for wearable assemblies, testing, and packaging.
• Partner with CMF and Industrial Design (IDE) on golden/limit samples, supervise FAIs, and establish measurement protocols for ECOs.
• Audit factory lines (SMT, FATP, ORT), monitor Statistical Process Control ( SPC) and Cpk/Ppk metrics, and drive PFOL and Out-of-Box Audit (OOBA).
• Lead cross-functional root cause investigations ( Eight Disciplines ( 8D), 5-Why, Fishbone) for line stoppages, yield crashes, and field failure returns.
• Lead Google OK2x reviews (OK2Send, OK2Build, OK2Ship), partner on supplier Measurement System Analysis ( MSA)/ Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility ( GR&R), and enforce component traceability.
  
  

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