Principal Electrical Engineer

Overview

The Principal Electrical Engineer will have demonstrated technical leadership across many technologies related to the design and debugging of cloud compute server systems and PCB boards, add-on cards, front panels, and IO backplane products. This engineer will also be responsible for decision-making related to specifications, design, BOM, PCB materials qualification, validation, and production support.

• Take the lead in interfacing with cross-functional teams to develop system-level architectures and board-level implementations from product early concept through production launch
• In charge of preparing specifications, BOM, design, and schematic entry internally and supervising the design work by junior engineers and external suppliers
• Make decisions related to layout guidelines for PCBs and supervise Layout Engineers ensuring that all physical and electrical requirements are met
• Analyze the design with simulation tools and make calculations to verify its conformance to the design requirements
• Lead and mentor layout, system bring-up, and debug team
• Work with suppliers, contractors, and principal design engineers to ensure that the product is developed on time with high quality
• Make decisions and specify production test methods and limits
• Drive balance between cost, performance, quality, and schedule and supervise international and domestic engineering teams

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• 12+ years of experience directly related to the design and debugging of computer-related PCB boards;
  Skilled in Analog and digital design (10+ with a Masters degree)
• 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 busses (SAS/SATA, PCIe, USB) and/or high-speed parallel busses (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 required
• Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables

ZT Systems assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package is created for all our employees. The typical base salary for this position is expected to be between $116,250 and $193,750 per year. If hired, the final base salary will be determined on an individual basis taking into consideration experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certification(s).

Base salary is just one component of ZT Systems total rewards philosophy. We take pride in offering a wide range of benefits and perks that appeal to the variety of needs across our diverse employee base. Other rewards may include bonus, paid time off, generous 401k match, tuition reimbursement, wellbeing resources, and more.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.