Principal Product Applications Engineer
Position Title: Principal Product Applications Engineer
Location: Canada
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Compensation: CAD $165,000–$210,000 + applicable bonuses, incentives & benefits
Industry: Semiconductors / AI Infrastructure
Experience: 8+ Years
Our client is seeking a Principal Product Applications Engineer to support next-generation AI infrastructure and high-speed switching technologies. This customer-facing role will serve as a technical expert for Scorpio Smart Fabric Switches
, working with hyperscalers, AI system builders, ODMs, and technology partners from initial architecture and evaluation through production deployment.
The role combines customer engineering, system integration, post-silicon validation, technical troubleshooting, and product development
, with significant influence on future PCIe Gen 6/7 and UALink-based platforms.
- Lead technical engagements with hyperscalers, ODMs, OEMs, and AI system partners.
- Support customer architecture discussions, system design-in, evaluation, bring-up, and deployment.
- Lead on-site and remote debugging, performance tuning, and system integration.
- Translate customer requirements into actionable feedback for product, silicon, firmware, and engineering teams.
- Influence post-silicon validation strategies for next-generation switching platforms.
- Execute system-level integration and troubleshoot complex hardware and software issues.
- Debug challenges involving PCIe Gen 6/7, UALink, UCIe, signal integrity, firmware, and software stacks.
- Partner with hardware, firmware, and SI/PI teams to identify root causes and deliver production-ready solutions.
- Serve as the primary Scorpio applications expert across sales, marketing, product, and engineering functions.
- Mentor junior applications engineers and provide technical guidance across customer projects.
- Represent the organization at customer executive reviews, industry forums, and relevant standards bodies.
- Develop technical collateral, white papers, training materials, and customer-facing documentation.
- Contribute customer and technical insights that help shape product and technology roadmaps.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of experience in product applications, systems engineering, or post-silicon validation involving high-speed connectivity or networking silicon.
- Strong understanding of physical-layer technologies and high-speed serial interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, UALink, or UCIe.
- Hands‑on experience with laboratory bring-up, system debugging, and integration using oscilloscopes, BERTs, protocol analyzers, or similar equipment.
- Proven experience working directly with hyperscalers, cloud providers, Tier-1 OEMs, or ODMs.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear customer-facing solutions.
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience with PCIe Gen 6/7, UALink, or UCIe and related compliance testing.
- Knowledge of AI/ML rack-scale architectures, GPU fabrics, and accelerator interconnects.
- Python or shell scripting experience for validation, automation, and diagnostics.
- Experience contributing to industry standards organizations such as PCI-SIG, UALink Consortium, or UCIe.
- Technical publication, white-paper, or industry presentation experience.
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