BufferBox, Mechanical Engineer

Waterloo-Kitchener, ON, Canada

Hardware Engineering

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Full-time

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4 days ago

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BufferBox is an ambitious project at Google, involving a diverse engineering group. Because the BufferBox product is physical in nature, we are looking for a talented and experience Mechanical Engineer that can assist in the design and implementation of product improvements as well as entirely new features and new methods of delivering packages in the "last-mile". 
Examples of designs improvements include weatherproofing a BufferBox, while new features and new methods could be as "wild" as drone based package delivery.
This role would be the lead Mechanical Engineer on the BufferBox project, working closely with Systems and Software engineers to facilitate the product vision.  They would also take part in product roadmap planning.
Given that any finalized solution(s) would be produced and deployed in large quantities, you would need to pay careful attention to manufacturability and full life-cycle support/maintenance. This may involve working with the manufacture to setup best practices and processes as well as designing with specific tooling sets in mind.  The ideal candidate is comfortable working across teams (with engineering for manufacturing operations, with deployment/maintenance for network operations etc). They need to be comfortable challenging assumptions, identifying areas to probe, ability to risk profile and ensure potential surprises are avoided. 

Responsibilities

• Design a moderately complex component for a larger, multi-system project; engage in cross-team collaborations, act as technical lead for small to medium-size projects of moderate complexity and impact; in that role, manage project priorities and technical resources; may manage people.
• Contribute to development of cross-project and/or cross-organizational projects, policies, or procedures, share knowledge by providing tech talks, teaching a course, consulting on a project, participating on a committee, and/or informally mentoring team members, be the "owner" of CAD designs, work with team leads to build and execute on product vision.
• Design, prototype, test and iterate on new features, ensure CAD designs are optimized for manufacturability, assist in scaling manufacturing processes (critical tolerance, QA test design, jigs, etc)

Minimum qualifications

• 3 years of industry experience in mechanical design and manufacturing.
• Experience taking products through engineering lifecycle: concept, prototype, manufacturing, compliance, deployment and retirement.

Preferred qualifications

• Domain expertise in sheet metal design and manufacturing processes.
• Expert knowledge in one or more disciplines (i.e., structures, heat transfer, controls, fluid mechanics, etc.).
• In-depth knowledge of at least one of; QA and testing processes, structural engineering, electronics and controls.
• Proven depth of proficiency within a specific functional area.

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Job details

Team or role:

Hardware Engineering

Job type:

Full-time

Last updated:

Dec 05, 2013

Job location(s):

Waterloo-Kitchener, ON, Canada