Job Abstract

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage various Engineering-specific programs and teams.

In this role, you will oversee and manage hardware prototyping labs. You will be in charge of establishing inventory systems, implementing health and safety protocols, upgrading labs to meet the needs of our hardware and software engineering teams, and forecasting and acquiring new lab space as needed. You will direct and prioritize the activities of prototyping vendors across all sites.

Project Starline from Google combines advances in hardware and software to enable friends, families and co-workers to feel together, even when they’re cities (or countries) apart. Imagine looking through a magic window, and through that window, you see another person, life-size and in three-dimensions. As part of the Project Starline team, you'll work with researchers and engineers in a fast-paced product-oriented environment. Our teams collaborate closely with Google Workspace and Research teams. Your contributions will have an impact on the future of communications with Google products. You will apply technology to solve that really important problem that we often want to be together and we can’t.

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.

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.

• Plan and oversee the day-to-day operations in our cross-site hardware prototyping labs, including configuration management, equipment scheduling, support of user studies, and prioritization of employee health and safety.
  
• Manage hardware technicians to build, bring-up and test a variety of hardware assemblies and fully integrated hardware/software systems.
  
• Develop and implement lab inventory management systems.
  
• Manage lab space including growth, new space build out, and space utilization.
  
• Manage equipment purchases, upgrades, installation and tracking.
  

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
  
• 3 years of experience in leadership role(s) with/without direct reports.
  
• 3 years of experience managing prototyping laboratories.
  
• Experience in a people management, supervision, or team leadership role.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a hardware engineering domain (e.g., mechanical, optical, or electrical engineering).
  
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  
• Experience in software or hardware testing, or test engineering.
• Experience working with the following: cameras, displays, audio hardware.
  
• Cross-functional experience with facilities and permitting.
  
• Familiarity with Linux configuration and operations, command shell and one or more scripting languages (e.g., Python or similar).