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Senior Principal Engineer - Field Applications

San Jose💼 Full-time💰 $205,000–$205,000🗓 2026-08-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead technical engagements and support for customers deploying high-speed Ethernet and PCIe connectivity solutions in rack-scale AI infrastructure.

Role type

Senior Principal Field Applications Engineer

Builds

Reliable production-ready designs and debug plans for AI infrastructure platforms

Domain

AI Infrastructure / High-Speed Connectivity

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Ethernet system design, PCIe system design, high-speed SerDes, link training, interoperability, compliance testing, physical-layer analysis, signal integrity, system-level debug, board-level bring-up, lab instrumentation, customer escalation management, technical documentation

Preferred skills

PCIe Gen 5/6/7, retimers, redrivers, signal conditioning, server/accelerator/switch/NIC/storage architecture, reference design development, validation planning

Technologies

Ethernet, PCIe, SerDes, CXL, NVLink, UALink, COSMOS software suite

Responsibilities

Lead technical engagements from architecture definition through deployment; own and resolve customer escalations; develop and execute system-level debug plans; analyze signal integrity and telemetry to isolate root causes; create technical collateral and reference architectures; mentor Field Applications Engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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