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Principal R&D Innovation Engineer

WhiteCrow Research
Fuquay Varina, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/22/2026 CLOSED ON 5/20/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal R&D Innovation Engineer position at WhiteCrow Research?

About WhiteCrow


We are global talent research, insight and pipelining specialists with offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India. Our international reach has helped us to understand and penetrate specialist markets at a global level. In addition to this, our service is also extended to complement our client’s in-house research.


About our client


For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.


As a Principal R&D Innovation Engineer, you will be responsible for...


  • In conjunction with sales and product management, engaging and partnering with customer innovators and influencers to understand their challenges, their needs, the value they provide, and their future requirements.
  • Analyzing emerging technologies to identify potential technology integration and product opportunities.
  • Contributing to the creation and maintenance of technology roadmaps.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and refine new product concepts.
  • Defining, coordinating, and executing technology development projects in line with the technology roadmaps.
  • Staying current with industry developments, competitive landscape, end users’ system architecture and industry standards.
  • Driving the spirit of innovation into the organization to design and launch differentiated products.


What you already have...


  • Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline (Master’s degree, preferred).
  • 12 years’ relevant experience including new product development, technology development & demonstration, and customer-facing or customer collaboration roles.
  • Ideal candidate will have a deep knowledge of the utility, industrial and renewable industries.
  • Demonstrated ability to think creatively and solve complex problems.
  • Possesses high degree of initiative, technical competence, hands-on experience and engineering process knowledge.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • A professional level of business acumen.

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$192,148 to $233,077
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