Flex

Principal Systems Engineer

Flex$153K — $211K *
US-Anywhere
+ 2 other locationsRemote
Technical Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent; Master's preferred
  • 8+ years in Technical Marketing, Architecture, Applications, Design, or Systems Engineering focusing on DC/DC converters
  • Strong understanding of the DC/DC conversion market and associated design considerations
  • Proven experience interfacing with engineering management at Tier 1 customers
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Interface with senior engineering and architect roles to understand customer needs
  • Travel to customer sites and events for discussions and representation
  • Coordinate customer activities with Sales and FAE teams
  • Lead conversations with customers to understand their requirements and design potential
  • Develop technology roadmaps based on customer insights and present internally
  • Co-create technology roadmap for Flex with the design team
  • Define new products aligning with customer requirements and emerging technologies

Benefits

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement
Full Job Description
Job Posting Start Date 06-01-2026 Job Posting End Date 08-31-2026

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a/an Principal Systems Engineer located in San Jose, CA (remote)

Reporting to the Director, Field Applications the Principal Systems Engineer will be accountable for providing partnership and collaboration to customers (senior engineering/architect roles) in understanding and developing systems requirements and architectural considerations.

What a typical day looks like:
  • Interface with external (senior engineering, systems, architect roles) and internal (CTO, R&D, Product Marketing, FAE's) stakeholders with the goal of understanding and then articulating customer systems and architectural considerations.
  • Travels to customer sites for in-person discussions on technology and products.
  • Travels to tradeshows and other company events to represent Flex technologies.
  • Travel will range from 20%-40% of the time.
  • Work closely with the Sales and the FAE teams to coordinate customer activities.
  • Develop and maintains external and internal stakeholder relationships.
  • Lead complex conversations with customers to understand requirements and articulate design possibilities, and internally to relay this information and understand design capabilities, initiatives and priorities.
  • Lead internal conversations to understand present postures and limitations, and articulate possibilities helping with setting technology direction.
  • Works with all parties involved, including ODM's, etc. to create and maintain clarity.
  • Develop technology roadmaps for customers (by gathering information from them) and present them internally.
  • Co-develop technology roadmap for Flex (with design) and present them to the customers.
  • Help define new products with customer requirements and new technology knowledge..


The experience we're looking to add to our team,
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (or equivalent), Master's preferred
  • 8+ years of experience in Technical Marketing or Architecture or Applications or Design or Systems Engineering of DC/DC converters
  • Good understanding of the DC/DC conversion market as well as design considerations
  • Experience interfacing with Engineering management at Tier 1 customers
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement


Pay Range (Applicable to California)

$153,500.00 USD - $211,000.00 USD Annual

Job Category
Design, Process & Technology Engineering

Relocation: Eligible for domestic relocation only

Is Sponsorship Available?
No

About Flex

Flex Ltd. is an American Singaporean-domiciled multinational electronics contract manufacturer. It is the third largest global electronics manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturer (ODM) company by revenue, behind only Pegatron for what concerns original equipment manufacturers. Flex has manufacturing operations in over 30 countries, totaling approximately 200,000 employees.
Learn more about Flex
Size
172,648 employees
Market Cap
$9.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$421 million
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
+1.8%
Revenue
$23.3 billion
NASDAQ

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