Principle Engineer Architecture (mwd)

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Job Description:

In this role you will define the next generation of networking and connectivity solutions incorporating Ethernet USB and PCI Express interfaces across commercial industrial and automotive-focused applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Define architecture concepts for new silicon and system products based on customer requirements and use cases
• Collaborate closely with product marketing and end customers to shape product requirements
• Develop architecture specifications in cooperation with silicon and software architects
• Design functional safety and cybersecurity concepts for new products and perform related analyses with subject matter experts
• Coordinate global cross-functional teams throughout the full product development lifecycle to ensure quality safety and functional requirements are met
• Define approved vendor lists for companion chipsets used in product validation
• Develop reference designs and promote new companion silicon solutions in collaboration with other business units
• Establish and maintain technical partnerships with other semiconductor vendors including joint reference designs and evaluation hardware
• Support pre-production customer engagements and collaborative technical development activities
• Develop and deliver technical training (webinars workshops) for customers sales teams and field application engineers
• Create technical documentation such as application notes datasheets safety manuals and reference designs

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent discipline
• Minimum 8 years of relevant industry experience
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to produce high-quality engineering documentation
• Experience in silicon or system architecture applications engineering or systems engineering roles
• Experience in at least two of the following areas:
  • Digital IC design
  • Mixed-signal and analog IC design
  • Hardware design (schematic capture / PCB layout)
  • Firmware/software development
• Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams

Preferred Experience

• Specification and requirements development for embedded systems
• Debugging across physical to application layers for interfaces such as Ethernet USB PCI Express etc.
• Embedded programming experience (e.g. C/C Rust) in Linux Zephyr or bare-metal environments
• Installation and debugging of drivers and software packages on Windows Linux or other operating systems
• Scripting and prototyping experience (e.g. Python LabVIEW)
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment (oscilloscopes power supplies multimeters function generators)
• Experience developing and delivering technical training
• Direct customer-facing experience (support field applications engineering training)
• Knowledge of functional safety standards (e.g. ISO 26262) or equivalent frameworks
• Experience with PCB CAD tools (e.g. Altium Designer Siemens Xpedition/PADS)
• Familiarity with quality management processes including requirements change and version control management

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