Senior Product Safety Design Engineer, Platforms

Senior Product Safety Design Engineer, Platforms

Google Sunnyvale, CA, USA

This is a specialized role which requires physical interaction with hardware equipment in a simulated data center environment, utilizing Google labs, power, and safety equipment. Regular development and processing of engineering hardware must be performed on site.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience working in product safety, or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• 1 year of experience in technical leadership.
• Experience with procedures related to obtaining international product safety approvals (e.g., CB, CE, NRTL/C, BIS CRS, KC, RCM, BSMI, CCC, etc.).
• Experience with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, hi-pot testers, electronic loads, etc.

Responsibilities

As a Safety Engineer in Platforms Engineering, you will play a key role in the development of one of the world’s most impressive computing infrastructures. Your objective will be to collaborate closely with Product Development teams to propose, evaluate, and qualify design features that enhance product safety and ensure compliance with worldwide safety standards. You will engage with various disciplines (e.g., electrical, mechanical, thermal, power, etc.) early in the R&D cycle to ensure compliance by design rather than retrofit later. You will proactively interface with the compliance team to ensure all requirements have been implemented from a practical perspective.

• Collaborate with hardware design teams and suppliers to determine appropriate safety standards and regulations.
• Apply hazard-based safety engineering principles to evaluate hazards and provide feedback to the design team to mitigate them.
• Develop and execute test plans while leading a compliance testing team to extract key data, validate safety goals against relevant standards and specifications, and resolve non-compliant issues efficiently and cost‑effectively.
• Cultivate good working relationships with customers, external suppliers, agencies, and manufacturing to further safety goals. Help develop strategy and roadmap for safety initiatives to support power, cooling, and data center infrastructure.
• Travel domestically and internationally as business requires to communicate and document findings, risks and recommendations, and perform failure analysis for sustaining engineering teams of deployed products.

Benefits

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $159,000 - $231,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

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Equity

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