Google

Senior Product Quality Engineer, Opto-Mechanical Modules, XR

Google$159K — $230K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering or science discipline with practical experience.
  • 5 years in hardware product quality, reliability, or product engineering in the electronics sector.
  • Experience in cross-functional leadership to resolve quality issues using structured problem-solving techniques.
  • Background in customer-facing roles, managing technical quality escalations.
  • Willingness to travel as necessary.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end product quality for light engine and display system assemblies.
  • Lead customer quality and partner engagements, managing escalated quality issues.
  • Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions with cross-functional teams.
  • Oversee product change notifications to maintain quality and design integrity.
  • Develop product quality dashboards and analyze failure modes for continuous improvement.

Benefits

  • Healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Generous parental leave policy and family support programs.
  • Retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Flexible work hours and remote work opportunities.
  • Employee development programs and educational reimbursement.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in hardware product quality, customer quality, reliability, or product engineering for display modules, electro-optical devices, or consumer electronics.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams to resolve technical quality issues and driving structured problem-solving (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, DMAIC).
  • Experience in a customer-facing or partner-facing quality role managing technical escalations.
  • Ability to travel as needed.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
  • 8 years of experience in display module quality or reliability (e.g., MicroLED, MicroOLED, LCD/OLED, Light Engines) in high-volume consumer hardware or AR/VR systems.
  • Demonstrated expertise in quality systems and risk management methodologies, including DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans, and APQP.
  • Strong proficiency in statistical data analysis tools (e.g., JMP, Python, SQL) for yield pareto analysis, failure trend modeling, and risk assessment.
  • In-depth understanding of optoelectronic characterization, display module assembly processes, and optical metrology.


About the job

As a Senior Product Quality Engineer, you will own end-to-end product and customer quality strategy for light engine assemblies (LEA) and display system assemblies (DSA) across the product lifecycle from new product introduction (NPI) to high-volume mass production. You will serve as the primary quality liaison between internal engineering teams and manufacturing partners.

In this role, you will advocate product quality, customer quality, drive failure analysis workflows with partners, oversee product quality metrics, and lead cross-functional root cause and corrective actions (RCCA) to deliver industry-leading display module quality. You will also leverage your ability to analyze complex data, drive root cause analysis, and influence design and process improvements.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Own end-to-end product quality for Opto-mechanical modules (like LEA, DSA), driving quality target alignment (AFR), DFQ/NUDD reviews, and lessons learned across development phases.
  • Lead customer quality and downstream partner engagements, managing quality issue escalations, represent customer feedback, and downstream audit/scorecard readiness.
  • Drive the failure analysis, leading cross-functional root cause and corrective actions (RCCA/8D) with design, failure analysis, and manufacturing teams.
  • Govern product change notifications (PCNs) and material review board (MRB) dispositions to safeguard product quality and design integrity.
  • Establish comprehensive product quality dashboards, analyzing return merchandise authorization (RMA) data and failure modes to drive continuous design and process enhancements.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
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$182.5 billion
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