Principal Hardware Engineer

Principal Hardware Engineer This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: What You Will Do Lead the development of next-generation routing and switching hardware platforms, taking complete ownership from concept and design through validation, production release, and product sustaining. Drive New Product Introduction (NPI) programs as a technical lead, coordinating cross-functional and geographically distributed teams to deliver high-performance, quality-driven, and cost-effective products. Define hardware design specifications, implement designs, and drive PCB development, including schematic reviews, layout validation, Gerber generation, and Bill of Materials (BoM) release. Lead high-speed board bring-up, system-level debugging, fault analysis, Design Verification Testing (DVT), and new component qualification using advanced laboratory test and measurement equipment. Drive hardware design and validation involving CPU and memory architectures, including DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, SPI, XGMII, XFI, and XAUI interfaces. Collaborate with PCB layout, signal integrity, power, mechanical, thermal, CPLD/FPGA, firmware/BIOS, software, testing, manufacturing, and sustaining teams to resolve complex system-level challenges. Design and verify CPLD/FPGA logic and support hardware integration, functionality, and platform validation. Review and approve schematics, BoMs, PCB placement and routing, laboratory results, compliance test reports, and product technical documentation. Own technical documentation, including product specifications, hardware design specifications, design review records, DVT plans, compliance test plans, diagnostic test plans, and hardware test reports (HTRs). Ensure compliance with EMI/EMC, safety, environmental, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), and Design for Assembly (DFA) requirements, as applicable. Work closely with external vendors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to manage technical dependencies, resolve issues, and support product quality and cost objectives. Provide ongoing product sustaining support, identify design improvements, and stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and hardware engineering best practices. What You Bring