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Outside Plant Technical Specification Engineer, Production

San Francisco Bay Area, US - Information Services, Internet

Google is proud to boast a network that provides service to millions of Internet users around the world. The Network Engineering team is responsible for operating that network reliably and at scale. As a member of the team, you have a direct impact on design and feature enhancements to keep our systems running smoothly. You also ensure that network operations are safe and efficient by monitoring network performance, coordinating planned maintenance, adjusting hardware components and responding to network connectivity issues. Google's complex network generates a constant stream of challenges which require you to continually be innovative with an evolving set of technologies. Keeping the network reliable ensures that our users stay connected with our suite of applications, products and services.



Google is always striving to innovate and our Fiber­-to-­the-­Home (FTTH) program is no exception. We're building one of the fastest national broadband networks to deliver next generation Internet content to users. If you want the opportunity to work on a state­-of-­the-­art, high-­profile program, look no further than the opportunity to frame the future of the Internet. As a member of the Outside Plant team (OSP), you will play a pivotal role in the engineering and design of FTTH infrastructure. You are an expert in the field of outside plant, and have proven success managing extensive field research projects. You thrive with multi-market materials, means and methods improvements and defining, analyzing, and implementing alpha and beta field trials with an aim toward lowering the overall subscriber acquisition costs.



Responsibilities

• Lead a research effort to gather data for on-going operations and field trials in several markets.


• Meet colleagues, vendors and other stakeholders to discuss new technologies.


• Support multi-stakeholder presentations and kick-off meetings.


• Generate new OSP materials and OSP deployment techniques to lead the FTTH ecosystem.


• Innovate based on field research.


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  Minimum qualifications
  


• 10 years of experience in an OSP engineering or construction role.


• 5 years of experience writing technical manuals from engineering drawings, manufacturing and supplier data.


• FTTH engineering or construction experience.


• OSP engineering or construction field experience.


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  Preferred qualifications
  


• Experience in design of experiments and/or statistical analysis.


• Experience developing intellectual property through patent filings.


• Expert level understanding of FTTH materials and deployment methods.


• Strong project management, interpersonal and organizational skills.


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  At Google, we're always trying to provide our users with the fastest services possible. The Google Access program works to go the very last mile, providing fiber-optic Internet connections directly to users' homes. We're building one of the fastest networks in America so that users can experience the future of broadband because we know that your Internet connection can never be too fast.
  
  
  
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