Supplier Development Engineer, Audio

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including PD, Tech Eng, PM, Reliability, and Product Operations to deliver products to market.
• Provide detailed and critical DfM reviews of audio drivers and make recommendations to Tech ENG/REL to improve manufacturing processes for quality, yield, and cost as a subject matter expert.
• Use statistical process control and yield studies to validate process capability (Cp/Cpk), establish reasonable specifications with both Google internal and external partners, and develop manufacturing/testing processes from scratch.
• Work with Reliability Engineering to set up ongoing reliability test plans for manufacturing processes that are critical to function and fix the issue.
• Act as the first-level go-to person for identifying suitable manufacturing processes. Identify and highlight manufacturability issues during engineering builds to ensure product quality is stable and that supply is predictable during ramp.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in the consumer electronics manufacturing industry.
• 8 years of experience in launching high-volume projects, with experience in DFM, fixture design and speaker driver line qualification.
• Experience in vendor management, audio drivers end-to-end quality management, statistical processes control, or metrology design.
• Experience in developing custom audio drivers manufacturing processes or test methodologies.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in influencing audio design through data-driven Design for Excellence (DFx) proposals, including FR, THD, HOHD.
• Expertise in mechanical bonding like spot welding and adhesives.
• Expertise in improving yields and cycle times for high-volume, and high audio performance drivers.
• Technical knowledge of speaker driver sub-component quality control: magnet, voice coil, membrane, etc.