Hardware Validation Engineer, Data Center Engineering Labs
Mountain View, CA, USA · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 2 years in a data center operations or facilities technical environment, or 1 year with an advanced degree.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Deploy, validate, troubleshoot, and maintain prototype hardware in Google’s engineering labs, including rack integration, thermal and network rework, NPI coordination, and lab monitoring automation.
What you'll do
- Deploy and turn up prototype systems, including rack integration, power-up, and network connectivity.
- Perform thermal and networking rework, troubleshoot hardware, OS, and network issues, and maintain safe lab operations.
- Coordinate NPI logistics and schedules; develop scripts and dashboards to monitor lab infrastructure and system metrics.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience in systems validation and testing.
- Experience with Linux, networking/cabling infrastructure (fiber/copper), and physical hardware troubleshooting.
Nice to have
- Experience with NPI, prototype hardware deployment, thermal or networking rework, or data center facilities systems.
- Experience coordinating deployment projects and writing automation scripts or building monitoring dashboards.
Pay
$132000 - $189000 (USD) base salary
Tools
Linux, Python, Bash, fiber, copper
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