Principal Engineer systems design engineering

We are seeking a worldclass Principal System Engineer to join our team developing a wide variety of advanced nextgeneration high performance storage system enclosures for the OEM and data center marketplace. You will have demonstrated leadership ability executing complex programs and an understanding of the who what and how of system development. You will have strong skills and experience in the computer server and storage industry including familiarization with embedded storage processors storage protocols and servers. This is a highimpact high visibility opportunity for the right individual with superior technical skills good project management abilities and an enthusiasm for success.

This is a technical leadership position that requires and individual that excels at leadership and collaboration.  As a leader the candidate must be able to coordinate and guide the activities of other team members.  The successful candidate will be a role model for other members of the team demonstrating the transparency commitment and accountability that is expected from all team members. Strong interpersonal communication skills are a must.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide multidisciplinary technical leadership for the development of storage enclosures and storage servers consisting of mechanical chassis hard drives fans power supplies firmware and printed circuit board assemblies with highspeed communication interfaces
• Develop System Specifications starting from customer and architectural requirements providing detailed mechanical electrical functional and environmental specifications and requirements for all major subsystems interfaces between subsystems and external interfaces
• Develop product requirements for manufacturability and engage with the manufacturing team to ensure the product can be effectively manufactured
• Coordinate crossfunctional design reviews and oversee the development of system and subsystem verification plans
• Lead system integration activities during the prototype phase and oversee root cause resolution of specification and design defects
• Collaborate effectively crossfunctionally with FW EE ME product management program management verification engineering and manufacturing engineering to ensure that the designed system meets all product and regulatory requirements and can be effectively verified manufactured and tested
• Assist with training the sales team work directly with early customers and provide technical support to the NPI team during the production ramp
• Provide mentorship to other SE engineers as needed

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Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 5 / 20 / 2025 (3 months from posting) although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline.  If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline

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Compensation & Benefits Details

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Fulltime

Key Skills

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