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# Hardware Engineer III

- **Company:** Google LLC
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $126,000.0 - $181,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Engineering, Hardware Design, Hardware Infrastructure
- **Published:** May 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9091c8829bf1d357

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Schematics?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, Electrical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

 * 2 years of experience working in a mechanical design engineering environment, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree., * Master's or PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.

## Description

* Identify flaws and issues with hardware components.
 * Apply best practices to optimize complex or constrained hardware components to meet performance, power, and cost-effectiveness requirements.
 * Provide documentation of the hardware design, its implementation, or test/validation results throughout the product life cycle.
 * Review hardware designs (e.g., block diagrams, schematics, layouts, bill of materials, algorithms, protocols, link budgets) to anticipate and address issues and risks.
 * Solve and analyze key issues, risks, or trade-offs, and address common hardware failures by suggesting corrective solutions.

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.


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