Principal Engineer, Systems Design/Architecture Engineering

Job Responsibilities

• Define and drive system architecture strategies for complex embedded, mixed-signal, and software-enabled solutions across multiple product lines and applications.
• Translate customer, market, and business requirements into scalable system-level solutions, platform architectures, and technology roadmaps.
• Collaborate with FAEs, Sales, Business Units, and customers to identify market opportunities, define solution requirements, and develop system-level solutions that drive customer adoption and business growth.
• Lead technical direction and architecture reviews for strategic development programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technology strategy.
• Influence technology decisions, investment priorities, and long-term product strategies to enable sustainable growth and competitive advantage.
• Drive hardware, software and system integration to ensure end-to-end functionality, performance, scalability, and user experience.
• Establish engineering best practices, design methodologies, and architecture standards to improve development efficiency, quality, and reuse across teams.
• Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of complex technical challenges impacting products, platforms, and customer deployments.
• Champion innovation and identify emerging technologies that create competitive differentiation and enable new business opportunities.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across organizational boundaries, fostering technical excellence and capability development.
• Represent the organization as a recognized technical expert in customer engagements, partner collaborations, industry forums, and strategic initiatives.
• Foster collaboration, influence decision-making, and build alignment across engineering, business, and customer-facing teams to drive successful execution of strategic initiatives.

Key Qualification

• 10+ years of experience in systems architecture, embedded systems, hardware/software co-design, or solution development, with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Proven expertise in system-level architecture, requirements definition, and development of complex embedded, mixed-signal, or software-enabled solutions.
• Strong understanding of hardware, firmware, software, connectivity, and system integration methodologies.
• Experience translating customer requirements and market needs into scalable products, platforms, and reference solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical direction, architecture reviews, and cross-functional engineering initiatives.
• Experience collaborating with customers, FAEs, Sales, Product Management, and Business Units to support solution development and business growth.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve complex technical challenges.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical and business decisions across all levels of the organization.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers, build technical capabilities, and foster collaboration across global teams.
• Experience with system modeling, simulation, validation, characterization, and performance optimization.
• Track record of driving innovation, technology adoption, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ability to balance technical excellence, customer needs, and business objectives in decision-making.