Lead research and development of custom silicon and hardware solutions for Google’s Climate and Energy initiatives, managing prototypes, labs, and cross‑functional teams to advance sustainable energy technologies.
Transform energy challenges into validated technical solutions while managing, motivating, and supporting research lab environments or innovation teams as projects grow.
Design, build, and test experimental apparatuses for physical research and development, influence research direction and produce novel scientific contributions and published findings.
Scale and manage projects as they grow from initial proof‑of‑concept to broader initiatives, including recruiting domain experts and establishing teams.
Perform careful, deep‑dive analysis to identify where technologies might fail and where they can be pivoted for success, use simulation and computational analysis to de‑risk a pipeline of energy solutions.
Evaluate the feasibility and merit of different collaboration and grant proposals.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field
Nice to have: early‑stage employee/founder at a startup
Nice to have: grant disbursement
Nice to have: collaborating with Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) organizations
Lead complex manufacturing process development, design transfer, and technical risk reduction for quantum cryogenic and semiconductor test product lines.
Compensation
$94,100.00 - $123,480.00
Responsibilities
Lead complex process development and design transfer activities
Define and execute process validation plans, readiness gate deliverables, and SOP development
Establish manufacturing methods for technically complex assemblies
Own assigned manufacturing process areas with minimal oversight
Ensure processes are controlled, repeatable, and scalable across product lines
Support test operations and ground support equipment for SpaceX’s rocket engines and spacecraft at the Central Texas test facility.
Locations (2)
Waco, Texas, United States
McGregor, Texas, United States
Responsibilities
Develop and execute tests at the engine and component level to evaluate hardware performance and survivability during the mission
Repeated ownership of test campaigns, including test plan creation, new system activation, test operations, data review, and test stand equipment design/fabrication
Provide daily directions and instructions to technicians to fabricate and integrate test articles and stand equipment
Develop and maintain test procedures, sequences, scripts, configuration files, and software
Operate and troubleshoot data acquisition and control systems, wiring, and instrumentation (DAQ systems are primarily National Instruments-based)
Perform operations and maintenance of cryogenic, hypergolic, high and low pressure gas systems and propellant equipment at Kennedy Space Center.
Compensation
$41.25
Responsibilities
Modify, refurbish, clean, troubleshoot, repair, adjust, calibrate, verify, certify, checkout, test and operate compressed gas trailers, storage vessels, converters, tractors, vacuum systems, engines, pumps, compressors, rechargers, transfer hoses, and other related equipment
Perform piping and tubing fabrication, installation, reconditioning and testing of high pressure lines and flexible hoses
Perform corrosion control duties by painting mechanical and electrical equipment
Determine paint required for different surfaces and mix paint ingredients
Work from written or verbal instruction, blueprints, diagrams, schematics, vendor manuals and applicable specifications and codes
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