MTS Principal Engineer
Job SummaryThis role is responsible for developing organization-wide architectures and methodologies, identifying and evaluating emerging technologies and partnerships, and aligning these with technology roadmaps and business value. The role offers tangible feedback to enhance product quality, while overseeing tracking and reporting of product-related performance metrics. The role leverages functional expertise to shape strategy and policy, facilitating the realization of operational and strategic plans.
Responsibilities- Develops organization-wide architectures and methodologies for electrical hardware design and development across multiple platforms and organizations.
- Leads part qualification processes through implementation of product quality plans, equipment inspections, factory witness testing, and manufacturing process qualifications.
- Identifies and evaluates new technologies, innovations, and outsourced development partner relationships for alignment with technology roadmap and business value.
- Drives integration of new technologies into projects and activities in the electrical hardware design organization.
- Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with technology and development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality.
- Leads overall tracking and reporting of various electrical/hardware product related performance metrics and reports against the same.
- Exercises independent judgment in resolving business issues and establishing functional policies for guidance.
- Provides domain-specific expertise and overall electrical/electronic hardware and platform leadership and perspective to cross-organization projects, programs, and activities.
- Leverages functional expertise in guiding strategy and setting functional policy and direction, while helping the team in realization of these operational and strategic plans.
- Provides guidance and mentoring to less- experienced staff members to set an example of electrical hardware design and development, innovation, and excellence.
Architectural Ownership & Technical Authority- Own end-to-end system architecture for:
- Firing system platforms
- Inferno / LCS control and measurement systems
- Define system boundaries, interfaces, and architectural standards
- Make architectural tradeoffs balancing performance, reliability, cost, and scalability
- Serve as final technical escalation authority for architecture-level decisions
Platform Strategy & Reuse- Drive reusable platform designs across:
- Manufacturing
- R&D
- Print, Life Sciences, Snow, and future non-print businesses
- Prevent one-off or siloed designs through architectural governance
- Guide evolution from prototypes toward robust, scalable platforms
Technical Risk, Reliability & Quality Leadership- Lead early-phase modeling and analysis:
- Signal & power integrity
- Thermal and mechanical behavior
- Reliability and lifecycle risk
- Reduce late-stage test-fail-fix cycles
- Ensure designs meet operating, safety, and environmental bounds
Cross-Functional & External Engagement- Partner with cross-org technical leaders to align architectural direction
- Represent MTS architecture in:
- Program and executive reviews
- External collaborations and funded programs
- Support strategic initiatives that expand MTS capability and business impact
Capability Development & Mentorship- Mentor senior engineers and technical leads
- Build and sustain an Embedded Systems Center of Excellence
- Elevate modeling, design best practices, and architectural thinking across the team
- Enable delegation of execution while retaining architectural accountability
Knowledge Stewardship- Preserve and document system-level knowledge
- Reduce single-point-of-failure risk through architecture clarity
- Support succession and continuity planning
Education & Experience Recommended• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 10+ years of work experience, preferably in electrical design and tools, software packages, architecture of electronic hardware, or a related field.
Knowledge & Skills- C++ (Programming Language)
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Debugging
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronic Engineering
- Electronics
- Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
- Hardware Architecture
- Hardware Design
- MATLAB
- Mechanical Engineering
- New Product Development
- Oscilloscope
- Physics
- Printed Circuit Board
- Python (Programming Language)
- Schematic Capture
- Simulations
- Systems Design
The pay range for this role is
$147,050 to
$230,850 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Benefits:HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Generous time off policies, including;
- 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)
The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
Job -Engineering
Schedule -Full time
Shift -No shift premium (United States of America)
Travel -Relocation -
