Principal Engineer, Data Center Systems Architecture
GoogleAtlanta, Georgia
Full-time
Salary
$256k–$356k/ annually
Free account to apply · application completed on Google
Salary
$256k–$356k/ annually
Free account to apply · application completed on Google
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
* Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer
Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
* 15 years of experience in data center physical infrastructure architecture,
systems engineering, and facility design.
* Experience aligning data center physical infrastructure with hardware
architectures optimized for Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence
(AI) workloads.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
Computer Science, or a related technical field.
* Experience defining and executing long-term technical strategies or
architectural visions for global data center infrastructure or
enterprise-class server development teams.
* Exceptional technical leadership and indirect influence skills, with
experience driving architectural direction across matrixed engineering
organizations without direct positional authority.
* Domain expertise in cross-disciplinary systems integration, seamlessly
bridging physical facility constraints (e.g., thermal, power, structural)
with server hardware and software topologies.
* Ability to lead and influence senior, highly technical stakeholders and
cross-functional executives to align on technical roadmaps.
ABOUT THE JOB:
Google Cloud provides organizations with leading infrastructure, platform
capabilities, and industry solutions. We deliver enterprise-grade cloud
solutions that leverage Google’s technology to help companies operate more
efficiently and adapt to changing needs, giving customers a reliable foundation
for the future. Customers in more than 150 countries turn to Google Cloud as
their trusted partner to solve their most critical business problems.
Google's custom-designed machines and data centers constitute one of the
largest, most efficient, and most powerful computing infrastructures in the
world. As a Principal Engineer for Systems Architecture within Google’s Data
Center organization, you will define and drive next-generation architectures at
the critical intersection of physical data center infrastructure and IT systems.
In this role, you will partner with Hardware, Software, Manufacturing, Supply
Chain, Delivery, and Operations teams across Google to lead game-changing
architectural and development initiatives. You will work closely with internal
engineering teams and external industry partners to execute these architectures,
providing the technical direction, operational guidance, and industry influence
necessary to scale Google's infrastructure for the future.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google
customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and
Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our
customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users
worldwide.
We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering
the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing
power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable
developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping
the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the
development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking,
Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,
experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $256000 - $356000 (USD) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google
[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Provide direction and leadership for data center and equipment designs,
cross-system optimizations, and global operational strategies. Lead
cross-disciplinary architecture, definition, and development across
engineering fields (e.g., electrical, mechanical, thermal, structural,
controls, industrial) to optimize system design points.
* Drive modular data center design initiatives, pioneering scalable,
prefabricated, and containerized architectures that reduce deployment
timelines and enhance reproducibility.
* Deliver technical direction, integration expertise, and data analysis for
overall system architecture, throughput, and performance, while presenting
option tradeoffs to guide executive decision-making.
* Collaborate across teams and partners to design for manufacturability and
supply chain efficiency, accelerating delivery speed while optimizing total
cost of ownership.
* Analyze operational flows and manufacturability to maximize speed-to-market
and capacity serving. Drive standardization efforts to achieve global scale,
supply chain resilience, and optimized success criteria to include
reliability, cost, weight, transportation, installation, and serviceability.
