Senior Structural Finite Element Analysis Engineer, Pixel Watch - Google
San Diego, CA
About the Job
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
- 5 years of experience with numerical methods/modeling, FEA tools (e.g., Abaqus) 3D CAD software, and experience with material testing, tensile testing, and strain-gauge instrumentation.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
- 5 years of experience in mechanics and structural analysis for consumer hardware.
- Experience in development and integration of electro-mechanical components (e.g., display assemblies, batteries, antennas).
- Experience with 3D CAD, such as NX, ProE, or Solidworks.
- Ability to communicate well with cross-functional team members and other technical teams.
- Ability to collaborate across a complex organization to achieve project goals.
About the job
In this role, you will create finite element models to predict structural behavior and ensure watch designs meet product requirements. You will identify design issues early in the lifecycle and enable the team to resolve issues that arise during production and reliability testing.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Responsibilities
- Build structural simulation models using ABAQUS or similar tool to perform explicit (e.g., drop) and implicit (e.g., quasistatic) simulations for watch systems and subsystems in order to provide deep technical analysis, design guidance, and failure risk identification during early and detailed product design phases.
- Partner closely with Reliability, Material Science Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to drive failure analysis, simulation process improvement, and improve analysis accuracy. Mentor and oversee the work of engineers, vendors, and Joint Development Manufacturer (JDM) partners.
- Document results of analyses with reports and present to product teams, cross-functional teams, and management.
- Help drive failure analysis, root cause work, and design of experiments. Respond rapidly in a fast-paced environment to technical issues, troubleshooting, and problem-solving.
- Support material and component level characterization testing and model validation/correlation efforts.