Control System Specialist

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Papillion, NE, USA; Moncks Corner, SC 29461, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in industrial control system design and troubleshooting, and working with, specifying, and programming machine vision systems
• 5 years of experience in industrial automation technologies and suppliers (e.g., autonomously guided vehicles, mechatronics, conveyors, etc)
• 5 years of experience in factory automation manual and semi/full automated process and equipment development

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience working with manufacturing software systems
• Understanding of manufacturing statistics and experimental design
• Familiarity with 3D CAD systems (e.g., Pro/Engineer or Solidworks) and structural analysis techniques (Ansys)

About the job

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department - cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements - even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).

The Data Center Automation Systems (DAS) Engineering team is a rapid iteration group focused on defining and advocating automation standards for Google, designing, building, and deploying the right amount of automation capability for our partner teams, and providing engineering expertise and leadership when developing future roadmaps toward optimal use of automation throughout the manufacturing, supply chain, and data center facilities that support Google as it scales the fleet.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate rework, assembly, and testing of multiple prototype systems.
• Understand and develop processes that are automation friendly, including the control systems needed to make them work.
• Troubleshoot control system for complex systems.
• Take ownership of control systems operations.
• Plan and execute prioritized work projects.

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 Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.