gReach Associate, gReach Program for People with Disabilities

Google welcomes people with disabilities.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Taipei, Taiwan; Banqiao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 220; Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience in any of the following: Program/Project Management, Software Development, Hardware testing or Hardware maintenance.

Preferred qualifications:

• Ability to take an entrepreneurial approach and take initiative to resolve issues.

• Ability to develop and understand strategy.

• Excellent problem-solving skills.

About the job

The gReach Program is a paid upskilling program for early career and industry professionals with disabilities where participants will receive on-the-job-training and work on a range of projects. The goal of the gReach program is to provide participants from underrepresented groups with the opportunity to grow their career as professionals.

gReach Associates will be placed in teams across the business such as Devices and Services, Platforms and Ecosystem, Cloud Technical Infrastructure, Data Center and People Operations. Participants will have the opportunity to be exposed to career opportunities at Google and further sharpen their professional skills. gReach Associates will learn to make an impact by working with teams on business-critical projects and collaborating with Googlers across a variety of functions. We welcome aspiring individuals who are willing to grow as professionals through the learning experience at Google.

To get familiar with Google’s tools, technology, and culture, you will acquire fundamental and on-the-job training experience, and be assigned to a role. Depending on the organization and role, gReach Associates may work on one large project, complete a few smaller projects, or do the day-to-day work to support the business. You will contribute to the business, collaborate with others, and have the opportunity to add long-lasting value beyond the conclusion of their gReach program. You will closely work with a host manager and team members who will help identify project goals, while also inspiring, mentoring and supporting the professional development of the gReach Program.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

• Develop software applications to extend and improve Google products and collaborate on scalability issues involving access to massive amounts of data and information.
• Collaborate closely with Hardware and Software teams to configure the lab instrument and test infrastructure that evaluate and characterize the performance of Google hardware products.
• Work closely with the Product and Program teams to bring products to production. Ensure requirements are captured and built into configurations throughout development. 
• Collaborate closely with the Server Operations team in our data center to work on hardware repair, maintenance and data security.

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.