Engineering Director, Data Center Hardware
Google · Sunnyvale, CA
About this role
Google is hiring a director-level Director of Engineering in the software engineering function based in Sunnyvale, CA. The posting calls out experience with Networking, Machine Learning. Compensation is listed at $275,000–$383,000 per year.
- Role
- Director of Engineering
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- director
- Track
- Management
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
- Posted
- May 15, 2026
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Job description
from Google careersAs the Director of Hardware Engineering, you will set the technical vision and lead the execution for our next generation of compute and machine learning infrastructure. Operating at the highest levels of technical leadership, you will be the driving force behind the integration of complex ASICs, TPUs, GPUs, and advanced networking hardware into our data center roadmap.
This role requires a hardware leader who has lived through the trenches of high-velocity development and understands the brutal realities of deploying at hyperscale. You will bridge the gap between bleeding-edge silicon design and massive volume data center deployment, anticipating fleet-level challenges before they happen. You will guide cross-functional teams, align external JDMs and CMs, and ensure our hardware scales reliably meet the unrelenting demands of our global infrastructure.
Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the
hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our computational challenges are complex and unique, enabled by cutting-edge custom hardware designed and made in-house. As a hardware engineer, you will design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You will see those systems from concept all the way through to high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers, affecting millions of Google users.