Associate Principal Engineer, Systems Architecture

Flex (Flextronics)

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Austin, TX
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14 days ago
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About Flex (Flextronics)

Flex (formerly Flextronics) is a global technology, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions provider helping companies design, build, and deliver products across industries. Industry: Electronics Manufacturing Services

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TL;DR · Associate Principal Engineer, Systems Architecture

The Associate Principal Engineer, Systems Architecture serves as a technical leader responsible for defining, integrating, and validating complex AI infrastructure systems. Working within the Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment, this individual manages the integration of power, cooling, compute, controls, software, networking, and facility interfaces to create scalable, reliable platform solutions. Day-to-day responsibilities include leading system architecture development, performing feasibility assessments, creating technology roadmaps, and managing requirements from concept through production. The role requires expertise in systems engineering, hardware and software integration, trade studies, and technical risk assessments. Candidates must possess skills in interface control, verification and validation methodologies, and cross-functional leadership across electrical, mechanical, and thermal domains. This position solves critical infrastructure challenges by translating customer needs into deployable solutions for AI data centers and other mission-critical applications involving complex integrated systems.

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What you'll do

  • Lead system architecture development, feasibility assessments, and technology roadmaps for AI infrastructure platforms.
  • Define system requirements, specifications, interface controls, and validation criteria to meet business objectives.
  • Drive cross-functional integration across electrical, mechanical, cooling, software, controls, networking, and manufacturing teams.
  • Manage system decomposition, trade studies, technical risk assessments, and architecture decision-making.
  • Lead system integration, verification, validation, prototype builds, and production readiness activities.
  • Translate customer and product requirements into scalable, reliable, and deployable platform solutions from concept to production.
  • Champion systems engineering best practices and architecture governance across various engineering teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
  • Master's degree is preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience in systems architecture, systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, hardware development, or complex product development environments.
  • Proven success defining system requirements and leading multidisciplinary product development programs from concept through manufacturing and deployment.
  • Expertise in systems architecture, requirements management, interface control, hardware/software integration, and verification & validation methodologies.
  • Experience integrating complex electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, controls, networking, and infrastructure systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive architecture decisions, manage technical risk, resolve system-level integration challenges, and lead cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Excellent customer-facing, communication, analytical, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.

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