Sr Principal Power Hardware Engineer (Power Hardware)

Location: Onsite in Sunnyvale, California, United States of America, with an expectation of primarily working from an HPE office.

Salary: USD 181,000–367,000 annual base salary in California; variable incentives may also be offered.

Company

hirify.global is a global edge-to-cloud technology company developing solutions that connect, protect, analyze, and act on data and applications.

What you will do

• Establish organization-wide architectures and methodologies for power hardware design across multiple platforms and organizations.
• Lead board-mount power and front-end power projects from architectural definition through design, validation, and manufacturing release.
• Evaluate emerging power technologies, innovations, outsourced development partnerships, and alignment with technology roadmaps.
• Review designs and project activities for compliance with technology, development, and industry standards.
• Drive design standardization, continuous improvement, quality initiatives, and integration of new technologies.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to less-experienced engineers and connect cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• 12+ years of related power design engineering experience and a minimum BSEE degree are required.
• Experience with schematic capture and simulation tools, including SPICE, is required.
• Familiarity with multilayer PCB layout tools and techniques and power development CAD tools such as Cadence Sigrity PowerDC is required.
• Experience with liquid-cooled power systems and high-voltage architectures, including ±400 VDC and 800 VDC input systems, is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of communication interfaces such as I2C and PMBus and firmware design experience are highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of industry standards, emerging power technologies, and power architecture requirements for networking and data center systems.
• Experience designing and integrating electronic components, integrated circuitry, and algorithms into electronic hardware architectures.
• Experience selecting and applying empirical analysis, modeling, and testing methodologies for component, circuit, hardware, thermal, and emissions validation.
• Electronic and electrical design, circuit design, test, verification, CAD, and PCBA board design skills, plus excellent analytical, problem-solving, written, verbal, and communication skills.
• Mastery of English and the local language, with the ability to communicate nuanced concepts and influence decisions at business-unit and executive levels.
• Active participation in industry councils, technical committees, standards organizations, or other technical bodies developing or influencing power-related specifications and standards for networking, telecommunications, or data center products.
• A history of innovation with multiple patents in electronics.

Nice to have

• MSEE degree.
• Experience with liquid-cooled power systems and high-voltage architectures, including ±400 VDC and 800 VDC input systems.
• Working knowledge of I2C, PMBus, and firmware design.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite work from an HPE office in Sunnyvale.
• Health and wellbeing benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal and professional development programs supporting career growth and technical expertise.
• Inclusive workplace that values varied backgrounds and individual uniqueness.
• Flexibility to manage work and personal needs.