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Supplier Quality Engineer, Tape Storage

Google· Quality/Supply Chain
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Sunnyvale, CA, USA$144k - $208kFull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Role focused on defining and maintaining quality and reliability standards for Google's Tape Infrastructure (drives, media, and library automation) across New Product Introduction and lifecycle management, with heavy collaboration with supplier design, manufacturing, and factory teams.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate extensively with supplier design and factory teams to ensure Tape drives, media, and libraries meet Google quality and reliability requirements.
  • Track failure trends in production and data centers while driving continuous improvement and root-cause failure analysis with suppliers using structured methodologies (e.g., 8D, CAPA).
  • Facilitate SQE collaboration with the Design, Manufacturing, and Commodity teams across all Tape activities in NPI and sustaining.
  • Ensure comprehensive failure analysis including corrective and preventive actions.
  • Mitigate risks to Google through comprehensive supplier audits, process control audits, and regular quality reviews.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in Tape Drive, Tape Media, or Tape Library Quality, Reliability or Manufacturing.

Skills

Required:Quality engineering (SQE)Failure analysisAudit and process controlCollaboration with cross-functional teams
Nice to have:Data-driven problem solving

Benefits

  • Learn more about benefits at Google (link provided in job)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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