What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Electrical Engineer position at ZT Systems?
Are you ready for a change? At ZT Systems, we put People First, and from day one our team members make a difference. A fast-growing key player in a multibillion-dollar market, ZT designs and builds hyperscale compute and storage solutions for the world’s largest datacenter customers. We are passionate about teamwork, and the consistent high quality of our solutions differentiates us in the minds of our customers. Here at ZT, we recognize hard work, commitment, leadership, and results, and we truly believe that behind every quality solution is a team of highly talented individuals. Join us and become part of an industry-leading team that transforms ideas into reality.
About the Role
The Staff Electrical Engineer will have demonstrated technical leadership across many technologies related to the design and debug of cloud compute server systems and PCB boards, add-on cards, front panel 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.
Responsibilities
• Take the lead in interfacing with cross-functional teams to develop system level architectures and board level implementations from early concept through production launch
• In charge of preparing specifications, BOM, design, and schematic entry internally and supervise 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
Requirements
• 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, verbal and written communication skills required
• Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables
Minimum Qualifications
• MS in Electrical Engineering and 2 years of experience directly related to the design and debug of cloud compute server systems and PCB boards
• BS in Electrical Engineering and 4 years of experience directly related to the design and debug of cloud compute server systems and PCB boards
ZT Systems offers a highly competitive salary commensurate with work experience and/or education, an excellent benefits program that includes a 401(k) plan, health and dental insurance, and paid time off. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and do not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, or veteran status. ZT Systems is a Drug-Free Workplace.