Principal Signal Integrity Engineer – R&D Networking Platforms

As a Principal Signal Integrity Engineer, you will serve as the organization's technical authority for signal and power integrity, driving architectural decisions, engineering excellence, and innovation across multiple product families.

You will:

• Define and drive the SI/PI technical strategy, methodologies, design standards, and engineering best practices across networking hardware platforms.
• Lead signal and power integrity architecture for next-generation networking systems, influencing platform design from concept through production.
• Provide technical leadership for high-speed interfaces, including next-generation SerDes technologies operating at leading-edge data rates.
• Establish company-wide SI/PI design guidelines, PCB stackup strategies, routing methodologies, and validation approaches to ensure scalable and repeatable success.
• Lead cross-functional technical reviews and drive resolution of the most complex SI/PI challenges spanning multiple products and engineering disciplines.
• Develop advanced simulation methodologies, modelling approaches, and automation techniques to improve engineering productivity and design quality.
• Drive SI/PI technology readiness for future generations of networking products, evaluating emerging technologies and enabling adoption of new architectures and materials.
• Lead root-cause investigations of complex field, validation, and manufacturing issues involving signal integrity, power integrity, timing, and electromagnetic interactions.
• Partner with ASIC, package, PCB, mechanical, thermal, and system architects to optimize end-to-end electrical performance.
• Champion technical innovation through patents, industry engagement, publications, and contributions to next-generation technology development.
• Mentor and develop engineers across multiple sites, helping build organizational SI expertise and long-term technical capability.
• Serve as the final escalation point for critical SI/PI technical decisions, balancing performance, risk, schedule, and product cost.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Technical leadership role influencing multiple networking platforms and future technology roadmaps
• Opportunity to shape engineering methodologies and standards across the organization
• Work on cutting-edge networking and AI infrastructure technologies
• High visibility with engineering leadership and architects
• Strong culture of innovation, technical excellence, and continuous learning
• Significant opportunities to drive patents and industry-leading technical solutions

About You

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in signal integrity, power integrity, package design, PCB design, and high-speed system architecture.
• Recognized expert in high-speed digital system design with deep understanding of electromagnetic theory, transmission line behavior, crosstalk, loss mechanisms, jitter, equalization, and channel optimization.
• Extensive experience architecting and validating high-speed systems utilizing advanced SerDes technologies and complex networking platforms.
• Demonstrated success leading SI/PI strategies across multiple large-scale product developments from concept through production.
• Expert knowledge of SI/PI simulation methodologies, including time-domain, frequency-domain, statistical, BER, and electromagnetic analysis.
• Deep expertise with industry-standard tools such as Synopsys HSPICE, Keysight ADS, Ansys HFSS, SIwave, PowerSI, and Cadence design environments.
• Extensive experience defining PCB stackups, design constraints, routing architectures, power distribution networks, and signal integrity requirements for high-volume products.
• Hands-on expertise using advanced laboratory instrumentation including VNAs, TDRs, high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and compliance test equipment.
• Proven ability to correlate simulation results with laboratory measurements and drive improvements in modelling accuracy and design predictability.
• Strong understanding of system-level interactions between signal integrity, power integrity, thermal performance, electromagnetic compatibility, and manufacturability.

Additional Preferred Abilities

• Demonstrated technical leadership across geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Ability to influence architecture and engineering decisions across organizations without direct authority.
• Proven track record of mentoring engineers and developing technical capabilities within an organization.
• History of innovation through patents, publications, industry collaboration, or significant technical contributions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to engineers, architects, executives, and customers.
• Strong business and engineering judgment, balancing technical excellence with schedule, product cost, risk, and scalability considerations.
• Self-directed leader capable of defining technical direction in highly ambiguous environments.