Technical Program Manager, Product Quality, Google Home and Health

About the job

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

Google welcomes people with disabilities.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in program management.
  
• Experience managing wearable or electromechanical consumer products quality through full NPI lifecycles (Proto/EVT through PVT, mass production ramp, and commercial launch).
• Experience managing Contract Manufacturers (CMs) and suppliers, and experience in establishing and managing quality metrics (OOBE, field return projections, line yield, Cpk/Ppk).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Engineering or 8 years of experience managing hardware quality for complex wearable health trackers or connected devices.
• Strong technical understanding of high-volume manufacturing processes (tooling, molding, stamping, SMT, final assembly, and functional testing).
• Practical working knowledge of DfX principles (DFM, DFA, DFT) and how engineering design decisions impact factory yields and field reliability.
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary failure analysis (hardware, firmware, reliability, operations) under compressed launch schedules.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to summarize complex technical risks and drive alignment.
• Ability to travel internationally to manufacturing sites during peak NPI build periods (25% travel).

Responsibilities

• Establish and enforce NPI Quality Plans across development milestones (Proto, EVT, DVT, PVT, ramp), defining exit criteria, tracking line health, and assessing ramp readiness.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to enable a design for quality/manufacturability, reviewing DfX deliverables and integrating engineering DFMEAs into factory process controls and test plans.
• Lead cross-functional teams to resolve build defects, cosmetic fallout, and component failures using structured problem-solving (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone).
• Drive end-to-end user experience quality targets, including Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE), cosmetic acceptance criteria, and field return rate projections.
• Provide executive communication on quality status, yield performance, defect tracking, and launch readiness.