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Principal Product Application Engineer - PCIe

San Jose💼 Full-time💰 $170,500–$170,500🗓 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Serve as a critical technical bridge between customers and engineering to drive adoption of Aries PCIe retimers for high-speed, low-latency connectivity in advanced data centers.

Role type

Principal Product Application Engineer (PCIe)

Builds

Aries PCIe Smart Retimers for hyperscalers and system builders

Domain

AI infrastructure / High-speed connectivity / Semiconductor

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

PCIe architecture and protocol expertise (Gen4/Gen5/Gen6), high-speed serial interface debugging, firmware development in C, system-level validation, lab equipment operation (oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, BERT), technical documentation creation

Preferred skills

PCIe retimer/redriver experience, server/GPU system architecture knowledge, signal integrity analysis, Python/TCL scripting, hyperscale customer engagement

Technologies

PCIe, C, Python, TCL, oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, BERT tools

Responsibilities

Lead root cause analysis and debugging of PCIe signal integrity and protocol issues; deliver technical presentations and product training to customer engineering teams; create application notes, reference designs, and best practices guides; partner with product management to translate customer feedback into requirements; support sales teams with technical expertise during engagements; travel to customer sites worldwide for on-site technical support and system integration

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with customer-facing focus

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