Principal Electrical Engineer

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About

The Role

The Principal Electrical Engineer will have demonstrated technical leadership across many technologies related to the design and debugging of cloud compute server systems and PCB boards, add-on cards, front panels, and IO backplane products. This engineer will also be responsible for decision-making related to specifications, design, BOM, PCB materials qualification, validation, and production support.

What You’ll Do

• Take the lead in interfacing with cross-functional teams to develop system-level architectures and board-level implementations from product early concept through production launch.

• In charge of preparing specifications, BOM, design, and schematic entry internally and supervising the design work by junior engineers and external suppliers.

• Make decisions related to layout guidelines for PCBs and supervise Layout Engineers ensuring that all physical and electrical requirements are met.

• Analyze the design with simulation tools and make calculations to verify its conformance to the design requirements.

• Lead and mentor layout, system bring-up, and debug teams.

• Work with suppliers, contractors, and principal design engineers to ensure that the product is developed on time with high quality.

• Make decisions and specify production test methods and limits.

• Drive balance between cost, performance, quality, and schedule and supervise international and domestic engineering teams.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.

• 12+ years of experience directly related to the design and debugging of computer-related PCB boards; skilled in analog and digital design (10+ with a Masters degree).

• Skilled in high-speed bus interface design.

• Knowledge of high-speed PCB layout design.

• Strong ability to debug high-speed designs and signal integrity issues.

• Knowledge of power distribution techniques and x86 processor system architecture.

• Ability to implement high-speed serial buses (SAS/SATA, PCIe, USB) and/or high-speed parallel buses (DDR2/3), and CPU front-side bus.

• Skilled in feature and cost trade-off analysis.

• Ability to create specifications and design guides.

• Strong leadership, presentation, and verbal and written communication skills required.

• Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables.

Compensation & Financial Security

• Competitive base salary (Expected $116,250 – $193,750 per year).

• Performance-based annual bonus eligibility.

• 401(k) retirement savings plan with generous company match.

• Tuition reimbursement for eligible education programs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Generous paid time off and company-paid holidays.

• Parental leave and family care support programs.

• Structured training programs and on-the-job learning opportunities.

• Matching gifts and volunteer programs to support causes you care about.

Time Away & Work-Life Balance

• Generous paid time off (PTO) and company-paid holidays.

• Parental leave and family care support programs.

Growth & Purpose

• Structured training programs and on-the-job learning opportunities.

• Matching gifts and volunteer programs to support causes you care about.

We are an equal opportunity employer and provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. Our EEO statement applies.

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