Principal Interconnect Development Engineer

Principal Interconnect Development Engineer

  

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Job Description:

   

Job Summary:  Individual contributor role responsible for high-speed interconnect solutions for next-generation network switches and routers, requiring dense, state-of-the-art frequency performance and quality.  Includes both connectors and cables.

Roles

• Works as the key development engineer positioned between hardware design engineering and interconnect suppliers, managing and influencing interconnect technology roadmaps

• Works on interconnect technologies that are ‘pre-NPI’ or ‘pre-product’, to validate that future interconnect technologies are viable for system level designs that may be 2-5 years away from realization.  Provides technical consultation support for interconnect component engineering, for NPI launch and interconnect activities.

• Responsible for development and execution of key interconnect technology validation plans, including the design and implementation of test vehicles to validate mechanical and signal integrity (SI) elements.

• Works with Interconnect suppliers and hardware engineering on key co-development projects, and design-related problem solving.  Able to influence both internal and external stakeholders to drive design-related changes as needed.  Able to impact suppliers, both technically as well as commercially.

• Provide persuasive understanding of trade-offs between mechanical design, SI, FMEA, failure analysis (electrical, physical, analytical, schematic), DOE and simulation versus reality/measurements

Qualifications

• Demonstrated industry expertise: industry consortium participation and leadership, patents, published technical papers, and conference presentations. Lead and influence stakeholders in the Interconnect industry.

• Cross-functional expertise with hardware engineering, mechanical engineering, PCB, electrical (ex: SI), thermal engineering, program management, commodity (commercial) management and mechanical (stamping, molding), as well as other interconnect-adjacent technologies

• Be current with industry trends and able to provide a compelling and attainable vision for five years out

• Sophisticated knowledge of variation statistics and process control as relates to sound design and manufacturability of new connectors, including measures for successful first-pass design-in into native and partner NPI environments

• Expert familiarity with industry standards for qualification and reliability

• Presentation skills, communication skills, influencing skills

Experience

• Deep industry experience (15 years), including 10 years of hands-on proficiency with high-speed, complex interconnect (≥56 GHz, ≥100 differential pairs) hardware…and successful field deployment.

• Experience must include both connectors AND high-speed cables, as well as interconnect materials and mechanical/electrical trade-offs

• 3D CAD modeling experience and geometric tolerance analysis abilities.  Ex: tools = SolidWorks, ProE or other equivalent tools.

Education:  BS, MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

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Unconditional Inclusion

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Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_06

    

"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
– United States of America: Annual Salary USD 174,000 - 331,000 in Massachusetts // 174,000 - 352,500 in California // 153,000 - 352,500 in Texas
The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

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