Principal Electrical Design Engineer
Core
Define and drive architecture, design, and technical strategy for advanced board-level hardware across next-generation networking and high-performance connectivity platforms.
Role type
Principal Electrical Design Engineer (Board Hardware Engineering)
Builds
Chassis boards, NIC cards, PCIe Gen6 platforms, and 800G Ethernet products
Domain
Server, networking, storage, and high-performance compute systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Board-level electrical engineering, high-speed SerDes systems, PCIe Gen5/Gen6, 400G/800G Ethernet, signal integrity, power integrity, schematic capture, PCB design, hardware bring-up and debug, cross-functional leadership, mentoring
Preferred skills
NIC/accelerator card architecture, server chassis design, 1.6T electrical interfaces, retimer/redriver architecture, compliance validation workflows, contract manufacturer relationships, Python scripting for lab automation
Technologies
Cadence Allegro, OrCAD, oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers
Responsibilities
Define board-level hardware architecture and technical roadmap; establish design standards and methodologies; drive architectural tradeoff decisions for multi-layer PCBs; own power delivery architecture strategy; lead component strategy and qualification; define bring-up and validation strategies; lead root-cause analysis of complex hardware issues; mentor senior and lead engineers; represent hardware engineering in executive reviews
Seniority
Principal, technical leadership and strategy
