Principal Infrastructure Engineer- Hardware Engineering

Job responsibilities

• Identifies and solves problems of high complexity associated with infrastructure engineering technology
• Applies extensive in-depth expertise and problem-solving to accomplish, plan, and review tasks across multiple large scope projects, businesses, and domains to influence, manage, and implement functional technology platforms
• Is responsible for high impact projects requiring deep technical expertise and leadership
• Partners across other platforms to architect and implement changes required to resolve issues and modernize the organization and its technology processes
• Drives thought leadership within the product line or platform
• Gives extensive consideration of upstream/downstream systems or technical implications and advises on mitigation actions
• Considers financial implications of staffing, budget, and relevant profit and loss
• Mentors and coaches junior engineers and technologists
• Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on hardware engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience in hardware engineering
• Extensive experience in two or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, and performance assessments
• Strong experience with PCIe, Networking, Flash, Memory, CPU, GPU, DRAM (DDR4/5 or HBM)
• Demonstrated experience in applied R&D in the hardware space, including vendor engagements, assessments of new technologies through PoCs, usage of industry standard benchmarks for quantifying performance
• Significant experience in developing product roadmaps, technology strategy, and presentation skills to C-level audiences
• Extensive experience in two or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as hardware, networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, and performance assessments
• Extensive knowledge of specific infrastructure technology and programming languages (e.g., Scripting, Python, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Exposure to managing and developing budgets
• Experience with high performance computing, and AI/ML hardware technologies, such as GPUs
• Administrative knowledge of JIRA, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.

High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.