Principal Systems Electrical Engineer - AI/Hyperscale Servers

ZT Systems; Secaucus (NJ); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

401k match

Tuition reimbursement

Wellbeing resources

Paid time off

Job summary

ZT Systems is seeking a Senior Staff Electrical Engineer to lead design and debugging of server and PCB products from concept through production launch. You will define specifications, BOMs, and guide internal and external teams to ensure electrical and physical requirements are met.

The role requires strong analog/digital design, high-speed interfaces, signal integrity skills, and leadership abilities to drive on-time, high-quality delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• 12+ years in design/debug of computer-related PCBs.
• Strong analog and digital design skills; high-speed design expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead system-level architectures and board-level implementations from concept to production.
• Prepare specs, BOM, design, and schematic entries; supervise junior engineers and suppliers.
• Make PCB layout guideline decisions and ensure electrical/ physical requirements are met.
• Analyze designs with simulations and perform conformance calculations.
• Lead bring-up, debugging, and cross-functional collaboration to meet schedule.

Skills

Analog/Digital design

High-speed bus interfaces

High-speed PCB layout

Signal integrity debugging

Power distribution

x86 processor system architecture

SAS/SATA, PCIe, USB interfaces

DDR2/3 memory interfaces

Specification creation

Leadership and mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Simulation tools

Job description

**About The Role**The Senior Staff Electrical Engineer will have demonstrated technical leadership across many technologies related to the design and debugging of cloud compute server systems and PCB boards, add-on cards, front panels, and IO backplane products. This engineer will also be responsible for decision-making related to specifications, design, BOM, PCB materials qualification, validation, and production support.**What You’ll Do*** Take the lead in interfacing with cross-functional teams to develop system-level architectures and board-level implementations from product early concept through production launch* In charge of preparing specifications, BOM, design, and schematic entry internally and supervising the design work by junior engineers and external suppliers* Make decisions related to layout guidelines for PCBs and supervise Layout Engineers ensuring that all physical and electrical requirements are met* Analyze the design with simulation tools and make calculations to verify its conformance to the design requirements* Lead and mentor layout, system bring-up, and debug teams* Work with suppliers, contractors, and principal design engineers to ensure that the product is developed on time with high quality* Make decisions and specify production test methods and limits* Drive balance between cost, performance, quality, and schedule and supervise international and domestic engineering teams**What You bring*** Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering* 12+ years of experience directly related to the design and debugging of computer-related PCB boards Skilled in Analog and digital design* Skilled in high-speed bus interface design* Knowledge of high-speed PCB layout design* Strong ability to debug high-speed designs and signal integrity issues* Knowledge of power distribution techniques & x-86 processor system architecture* Ability to implement high-speed serial busses (SAS/SATA, PCIe, USB) and/or high-speed parallel busses (DDR2/3), and CPU front-side bus* Skilled in feature and cost trade-off analysis* Ability to create specifications and design guides* Strong leadership, presentation, and verbal and written communication skills required* Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverablesZT Systems assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package is created for all our employees. The typical base salary for this position is expected to be between $116,250 and $193,750 per year. If hired, the final base salary will be determined on an individual basis taking into consideration experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications.Base salary is just one component of ZT Systems total rewards philosophy. We take pride in offering a wide range of benefits and perks that appeal to the variety of needs across our diverse employee base. Other rewards may include bonus, paid time off, generous 401k match, tuition reimbursement, wellbeing resources, and more.We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.