Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 2 years of experience in program management.

• Experience with hardware testing.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.

• Experience performing Failure Analysis, Design Validation, Contract Manufacturing or Hardware Testing for consumer electronics.

• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.

The Consumer Hardware team researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to improve users interactions with computing. As a Technical Program Manager on the Central Test Engineering team, you will be responsible for the functional performance of the device. You will be part of a cross-functional team that will launch products, and you will manage factory test stations from concept to mass production.

The Platforms and Ecosystems product area encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications). The products provide enterprises, and ultimately end users, the ability to utilize and manage their services at scale. We build innovative and compelling software products—from apps to TVs, from laptops to phones—that have an impact on people’s lives across the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $122,000-$178,000 + 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.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google (https://careers.google.com/benefits/) .

• Serve as conduit between Test Engineering team and cross-functional teams, be responsible for factory software deployment, coordination strategy, and test station qualification.

• Standardize and optimize the test process across the entire production line.

• Drive yield and operational issues for the test line, and ensure operational test readiness for all phases of the product development life-cycle.

• Work with Contract Manufacturing on test related Standard Operating Procedures, test fixtures, cycle time, and line balance, and manage schedules and plan for all test engineering deliverables.

• Collaborate with suppliers and engineering teams in developing test blueprints (e.g., assessment of process flow, equipment/fixture designs, process controls, factory test and data infrastructure) and test reporting, implementation schedules and validation plans prior to any Engineering build.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCPEEOPost.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.