Lead Design Electrical Engineer

Jabil; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jabil in Austin is seeking a Design Electrical Engineer to lead electrical design and integration for complex hardware platforms. You will own subsystems, influence architecture, and ensure design aligns with performance targets and manufacturability.

You will collaborate with architecture, firmware, mechanical, thermal, validation, and manufacturing teams, mentor junior engineers, and drive issue resolution through design reviews and milestone readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in electrical design across complex hardware systems.
• Ability to translate system requirements into electrical design strategies.
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical subsystem design and technical execution across product platforms.
• Translate system requirements into electrical design strategy and drive execution.
• Own investigation and closure of complex electrical issues during bring-up and ramp.
• Guide power, signal, and interface design decisions for robustness.
• Collaborate with architecture, firmware, mechanical, thermal, validation, and manufacturing teams.
• Provide technical leadership in root cause analysis and ECO readiness.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to design guidelines.
• Support reviews by communicating direction, risks, and status.

Skills

Board-level design

Electrical integration

Hardware debugging

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Job Summary

The Design Electrical Engineer is responsible for leading electrical design and integration efforts for complex hardware platforms. This role provides strong technical ownership across board and subsystem design, drives issue resolution, and ensures electrical solutions align to overall system architecture, performance targets, manufacturability requirements, and customer expectations.

• Lead electrical subsystem design and technical execution across one or more product platforms, including architecture alignment, schematic decisions, and design tradeoffs.
• Translate system requirements into electrical design strategy and drive execution through design reviews, technical alignment, and milestone readiness.
• Own investigation and closure of complex electrical issues during bring-up, integration, validation, and manufacturing ramp.
• Guide power, signal, and interface design decisions to ensure robust system performance and product quality.
• Collaborate with architecture, firmware, mechanical, thermal, validation, and manufacturing teams to drive integrated solutions to technical problems.
• Provide technical leadership in root cause analysis, corrective action definition, ECO readiness, and risk reduction activities.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the development of design guidelines, reusable methods, and engineering best practices.
• Support customer and leadership reviews by clearly communicating technical direction, key risks, design status, and resolution plans.

Job Summary

The Design Electrical Engineer is responsible for leading electrical design and integration efforts for complex hardware platforms. This role provides strong technical ownership across board and subsystem design, drives issue resolution, and ensures electrical solutions align to overall system architecture, performance targets, manufacturability requirements, and customer expectations.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead electrical subsystem design and technical execution across one or more product platforms, including architecture alignment, schematic decisions, and design tradeoffs.
• Translate system requirements into electrical design strategy and drive execution through design reviews, technical alignment, and milestone readiness.
• Own investigation and closure of complex electrical issues during bring-up, integration, validation, and manufacturing ramp.
• Guide power, signal, and interface design decisions to ensure robust system performance and product quality.
• Collaborate with architecture, firmware, mechanical, thermal, validation, and manufacturing teams to drive integrated solutions to technical problems.
• Provide technical leadership in root cause analysis, corrective action definition, ECO readiness, and risk reduction activities.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the development of design guidelines, reusable methods, and engineering best practices.
• Support customer and leadership reviews by clearly communicating technical direction, key risks, design status, and resolution plans.

Job Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 5-10 years of relevant experience in electrical design and development of complex hardware systems.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Strong expertise in board-level design, electrical integration, hardware debug, and engineering problem solving.
• Experience with server, storage, networking, or high-complexity compute platforms is required.
• Working knowledge of system architecture, manufacturability considerations, and cross-functional development processes.
• Ability to lead technical decisions and align multiple engineering disciplines toward successful execution.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical issues clearly to diverse audiences.