Lead Engineer, Electrical Design

General Overview

Job Title:  Lead Engineer, Electrical Design
Functional Area:  Engineering (ENG)
Career Stream:  Design Engineering Electrical (DEE)
Role:  Lead Engineer (LEN)
Job Code:  LEN-ENG-DEE
Job Band: 08
Direct/Indirect Indicator:  Indirect

Summary

The successful candidate will be a self-starter who likes to take responsibility and works best with little supervision. Likes to perform a variety of tasks and have the ability to handle multiple priorities and has previously performed in a similar position. This is a 'hands-on' role requiring a strong technical background and product development experience.

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Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Identify technical issues, troubleshoot and resolve them by coordinating with R&D, Manufacturing and Field teams.
• Participate in customer technical meetings and prepare training programs for internal subordinates.
• Hardware validation of Networking, Storage, Server products against customer’s infield issues, requirements and Mfg. issues during NPI or RMA
• System validation including DVT (Design Validation Trial), SPIT (Signal, Power, Integrity & Timing) environmental & regulatory approval.
• Qualify alternative components for compatibility, cost effectiveness and benchmarking
• Support Manufacturing Engineering and Test Engineers on trouble shooting and resolving technical issues and root cause analysis
• Work with software teams to identify root cause of system failure
• Ability to install software such as Linux based Operating Systems, ONIE, BIOS, BMC, SES
• Proficient in using various test and measurement equipment including but not limited to Oscilloscope, Impedance analyzer, Power meter, Signal analyzer, Spectrum

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Candidates should have 8+ years' experience in either Network, Storage or Server products.

Candidates should have the following essential qualifications and experience:

• At least BEng. (Hons.) in Electronics or similar
• Strong electrical design and debug skills required
• Familiar with PCIe, NVMe, SAS, SATA, I2C, SPI, DDR buses, SDRAM timing and integrity analysis for clocks, strobes, S&H, Power bounce, temp stability
• Hands-on design knowledge of latest peripheral chipsets for Gigabit Ethernet, SCSI, SATA, SAS, USB, Ethernet, & PCI cards etc.
• High performance RISC / X86 CPUs and architecture including Intel, AMD, MRVL
• Proficient in using various test and measurement equipment including but not limited to Oscilloscope, Impedance analyzer, Power meter, Signal analyzer, Spectrum analyzer
• Qualify alternative components for compatibility, cost effectiveness and benchmarking
• System validation including DVT (Design Validation Trial), SPIT (Signal, Power, Integrity & Timing) environmental & regulatory approval.
• Work with software teams to identify root cause of system failure
• Working knowledge of windows & Linux configuration, installation procedure, network configuration, driver configuration etc.
• Working knowledge of Diag, ONIE, BIOS, BMC, Linux and Windows operating systems
• Knowledge of the following would be desirable:
  • Experience of working in medium sized multidisciplinary development teams
  • Ethernet Switches, Server, Storage products
  • Orcad Schematics & Allegro PCB layout tools

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• 8 years of related experience

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.