Principal Electrical Engineer

ZT Systems•Georgetown, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Principal Electrical Engineer provides technical leadership across technologies related to the design and debugging of cloud compute server systems and PCB boards, add-on cards, front panels, and IO backplane products. The role makes decisions regarding specifications, design, bills of materials (BOM), PCB materials qualification, validation, and production support. It leads product development from early concept through production launch, supervises engineering work, and balances cost, performance, quality, and schedule.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
12 or more years of experience directly related to the design and debugging of computer-related PCB boards.
10 or more years of analog and digital design experience with a master’s degree.
Skilled in analog and digital design.
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 x-86 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.
Ability to promote cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables.

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional teams in developing system-level architectures and board-level implementations from early product concept through production launch.
Prepare specifications, BOMs, designs, and schematic entries; supervise design work by junior engineers and external suppliers.
Set PCB layout guidelines and supervise Layout Engineers to ensure physical and electrical requirements are met.
Analyze designs with simulation tools and perform calculations to verify conformance with design requirements.
Lead and mentor layout, system bring-up, and debug teams.
Work with suppliers, contractors, and principal design engineers to ensure products are developed on time and with high quality.
Specify production test methods and limits.
Balance cost, performance, quality, and schedule, and supervise international and domestic engineering teams.