Principal Electrical Engineer

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
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$114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
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TL;DR · Principal Electrical Engineer

JOB TITLE: Principal Electrical Engineer The Principal Electrical Engineer joins a product team responsible for the architecture, design, and delivery of high-end server-grade merchant silicon for cloud systems and appliances. This role involves designing, developing, and integrating complex electrical systems for hardware products, ensuring they meet performance, power efficiency, and reliability requirements. Key responsibilities include parts selection, schematic capture, FPGA design, and board floor planning. You will collaborate with CAD designers on high-speed routing and EMI mitigation while conducting integration testing and debugging for signal integrity and thermal challenges. Required skills include proficiency with Cadence, Concept, and Allegro tools, along with experience in PCIe Gen5/Gen6, DDR4/DDR5, and high-power VRD designs. You will also author hardware specifications, manage bills of materials, and ensure global electromagnetic compatibility and regulatory compliance.

What does a Electrical Engineer earn in California?

Median $167500 from 77 postings across 15 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and integrate complex electrical systems for hardware products to meet performance, power efficiency, and reliability requirements.
  • Perform parts selection, qualification, schematic capture, and FPGA design for electrical subsystems.
  • Collaborate with CAD designers to optimize board floor planning, high-speed routing, and EMI mitigation.
  • Conduct integration, testing, and validation of digital systems and subsystems under various environmental conditions.
  • Develop and maintain automation platforms for electrical subsystem validation and long-term reliability.
  • Perform root cause analysis, debug signal integrity issues, and resolve customer escalations or end-of-life component issues.
  • Author technical documentation including hardware specifications, test plans, signal integrity constraints, and bills of materials.
  • Lead formal design reviews and provide guidance on PCB layout trade-offs and regulatory compliance.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a BSEE with 7 years of experience or an MSEE with 5 years of experience.
  • Must be proficient in the complete flow of CAD design tools such as Cadence, Concept, and Allegro.
  • Must be proficient in constraint-driven design methodologies.
  • Must have strong knowledge and application of high-speed design methodologies for Signal Integrity.
  • Must have experience and understanding of effective PCB stack-up design.
  • Must have experience with high-performance server processors, GPUs, support FPGAs, and interface controllers like GigE and USB.
  • Must have experience with high-power on-board modern VRD designs and high-speed buses including PCIe Gen5/Gen6, Intel UPI, AMD xGMI, and DDR4/DDR5.
  • Must have experience with sideband and control buses such as SPI, eSPI, GPIO, and I2C/I3C.
  • FPGA design experience with Verilog (preferred).
  • Experience with recent Intel/AMD CPUs (preferred).
  • Experience with recent Nvidia GPUs (preferred).
  • Experience with PCIe switches and re-timers (preferred).
  • Power integrity analysis experience (preferred).
  • Experience with Digital or Analog Simulation (preferred).

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