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Staff Engineer, PCBA DFM, Hardware

Google· Devices & Services
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Mountain View, CA, USA$171k - $247kFull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Staff DfM/SMT Engineer responsible for PCBA design-for-manufacturability across Google's consumer hardware portfolio, leading SMT process integration, failure analysis, and setting engineering standards for PCB assembly.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute Google's long-term technology roadmaps for PCBA assembly, including qualifying advanced, high-density component packaging for future product generations.
  • Author, standardize, and maintain Google’s proprietary PCBA Design Guidelines for rigid and rigid-flex assemblies, setting the benchmark for hardware manufacturability.
  • Lead the technical gatekeeping and execution of the OK2FAB layout approval workflow, conducting critical, high-risk CAD layout reviews to mitigate manufacturing risks before fabrication.
  • Serve as the engineering DRI for high-stakes SMT defect investigations, applying analytical lab techniques to resolve complex assembly failures and recover factory yields during NPI and mass-production ramps.
  • Define engineering standards for panel array designs, panelization routing clearances, allowable x-out thresholds, and SMT process traceability parameters.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience in high-density consumer hardware design, Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA), and Design For Manufacturability (DFM).
  • Experience in Surface Mount Technology (SMT) process integration, high-risk CAD layout reviews, and conducting component-level failure analysis.

Skills

Required:PCBA DFMSMT process integrationCAD layout reviewsFailure analysis

Benefits

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Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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