Senior Principle Hardware Design Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 367,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Personal & Professional Development

Unconditional Inclusion

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the United States (Texas) seeks a hands-on technical leader to tackle complex HPC/AI hardware challenges. You will define electrical hardware architecture, mentor engineers, and drive cross‑functional execution from concept to production.

With 12+ years in electrical engineering, you will shape platform direction, evaluate new technologies, and collaborate with executives and partners to deliver reliable, high‑value hardware solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Typically 12+ years of relevant engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Defines electrical hardware architecture and design methods across multiple products and teams.
• Evaluates new technologies, innovations, and development partners for business and technical value.
• Reviews designs and engineering activities to ensure they meet technical standards, development guidelines, and quality expectations.
• Leads platform architecture across the business, bringing valuable improvements, new ideas, and technology updates into the overall architecture.
• Uses deep technical expertise and business understanding to influence key decisions, working with executive leadership, development partners, and industry standards organizations.
• Provides technical leadership and mentorship, helping other engineers grow while setting a strong example for hardware design, innovation, and engineering excellence.
• Leads complex, multi-board hardware designs, coordinating engineering functions and project teams through a disciplined development process.
• Develops and manages program plans, including schedules, critical deliverables, budgets, resources, and other requirements needed for successful execution.
• Coordinates engineering teams and development partners, tracking progress and aligning resources to meet product requirements and schedules.
• Communicates progress, risks, escalations, and technical issues to stakeholders, while working with manufacturing and development partners to meet cost, roadmap, and schedule commitments.
• Drives the adoption of new technologies, innovation, and quality improvements across engineering and manufacturing projects.
• Actively mentors and guides less-experienced engineers, sharing knowledge and helping build stronger technical capabilities across the team.

Skills

Electrical design

Circuit design

Testing & verification

System integration

Modeling & analysis

Innovation

CAD tools

Leadership

Program management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

PCB CAD tools

Job description

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

Job Family Definition: Hewlett Packard Enterprise advances the way people live and work. We bring together the brightest minds to create breakthrough technology solutions, helping our customers make their mark on the world. In HPC/AI, we focus on cutting-edge, high-performance, high-scale customer solutions serving a wide range of industries and end-users. Our organization includes High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). We are looking for a hands-on technical leader who tackles some of our most challenging hardware problems and helps guide the direction of our products. Combines deep electrical engineering expertise with practical design, testing, and problem solving. Works across teams to turn ideas into reliable solutions, mentors other engineers, and creates improvements that deliver lasting value to the business and our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Defines electrical hardware architecture and design methods across multiple products and teams, helping shape technology roadmaps and future platform direction.
• Evaluates new technologies, innovations, and development partners for business and technical value, and creates plans to integrate the right solutions into product architectures.
• Reviews designs and engineering activities to ensure they meet technical standards, development guidelines, and quality expectations.
• Leads platform architecture across the business, bringing valuable improvements, new ideas, and technology updates into the overall architecture.
• Uses deep technical expertise and business understanding to influence key decisions, working with executive leadership, development partners, and industry standards organizations.
• Provides technical leadership and mentorship, helping other engineers grow while setting a strong example for hardware design, innovation, and engineering excellence.
• Leads complex, multi-board hardware designs, coordinating engineering functions and project teams through a disciplined development process.
• Develops and manages program plans, including schedules, critical deliverables, budgets, resources, and other requirements needed for successful execution.
• Coordinates engineering teams and development partners, tracking progress and aligning resources to meet product requirements and schedules.
• Communicates progress, risks, escalations, and technical issues to stakeholders, while working with manufacturing and development partners to meet cost, roadmap, and schedule commitments.
• Drives the adoption of new technologies, innovation, and quality improvements across engineering and manufacturing projects.
• Actively mentors and guides less-experienced engineers, sharing knowledge and helping build stronger technical capabilities across the team.

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent experience. Typically 12+ years of relevant engineering experience.

Knowledge & Skills

• Deep expertise in electrical and electronic hardware design, including circuit design, testing, verification, and system-level integration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance performance, cost, quality, and innovation.
• Experienced in defining electronic hardware architectures for complex products and solutions.
• Skilled in integrating electronic components, integrated circuits, and algorithms into complete hardware architectures.
• Experienced in selecting and applying modeling, analysis, and test methods to validate components, circuits, hardware designs, thermal performance, and emissions.
• Demonstrated track record of innovation.
• Strong electrical and electronic design skills, spanning circuit design through test and verification.
• Proficient with electrical design and PCBA CAD tools used for board-level design and development.
• Strong business and program leadership skills, with experience managing programs, working across teams, and partnering effectively with stakeholders and leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex and nuanced technical concepts to both technical and business audiences.
• Able to communicate and influence at all levels, presenting program plans, product architectures, and design proposals while negotiating technical options and decisions with business unit and executive leadership.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here. Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You

• Health & Wellbeing - We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development - We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
• Unconditional Inclusion - We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

Job

Engineering Job Level: TCP_06

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. - United States of America: Annual Salary USD 159,500 - 367,000 in Texas The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

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Accessibility - HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities.

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