Power Hardware Engineer, Pixel

Power Hardware Engineer, Pixel

In this role, you will be responsible for designing, optimizing, and integrating enjoyable and safe charging experiences into Pixel phones and wearables. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Electrical Engineering (EE), Power Delivery (PD), Software, and Validation to integrate battery charging hardware into Google hardware devices. You will drive innovation by developing next-generation charging power architectures, topologies, and communication protocols to enhance user experiences. Including exploring advancements in magnetic attachment, faster wireless charging technologies, coil design innovation, and other features.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$216,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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:

• Work with cross-functional hardware, software, and systems teams to define, implement, and integrate battery charging (wired/wireless) hardware solutions to meet product battery charging requirements.
• Define and develop detailed circuit/analytic models for optimizing charging efficiency, reduce charging time, and improve charging thermal performance.
• Define, develop, and optimize magnetic components for charging, for example, wireless charging coils using EM/analytic modeling and simulation tools.
• Create hardware power testing plan, validate the charging hardware system, and work with cross-functional teams for system validation in products.
• Propose and drive implementation of innovative new power solution for charging features across hardware and software to provide a positive experience.

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