Principal Signal Integrity Engineer

Principal Signal Integrity Engineer This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Job Description:

Description:

Principal Signal Integrity Engineer – R&D Storage

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 opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

Principal Signal Integrity Engineer – R&D Storage

Define signal integrity strategy. Architect next-generation networks. Enable industry-leading platform performance.

At Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), we don’t just build technology--we build what’s next. Join a global technology leader where innovation, collaboration, and growth come together to create real‑world impact.

At HPE, your career is more than a job. You’ll be part of a culture that values curiosity, technical excellence, and continuous learning. We invest in our people, challenge them with meaningful work, and support their growth every step of the way. Here, brilliant minds come together to spark technological breakthroughs that transform how businesses and communities operate worldwide.
Why HPE Storage?
HPE Storage is one of our fastest-growing businesses, delivering open, standards-based storage solutions that power Branch, Campus, Core, and Data Center environments worldwide. Our platforms operate at the forefront of technology, driving ever-increasing bandwidth, density, and power efficiency.

We are seeking a highly accomplished Principal Signal Integrity Engineer to provide technical leadership for signal and power integrity across multiple storage platforms and future technology generations. In this role, you will serve as a recognized subject matter expert, influencing architecture, design methodologies, engineering standards, and technology roadmaps across the organization.

Your expertise will help shape the next generation of enterprise and AI storage infrastructure deployed globally at scale.

Join HPE Storage—and define the signal integrity strategy behind the world's most advanced networks.

How You'll Make An Impact:
As a Principal Signal Integrity Engineer, you will serve as the organization's technical authority for signal and power integrity, driving architectural decisions, engineering excellence, and innovation across multiple product families.

You will:

• Define and drive the SI/PI technical strategy, methodologies, design standards, and engineering best practices across storage hardware platforms.
• Lead signal and power integrity architecture for next-generation storage systems, influencing platform design from concept through production.
• Provide technical leadership for high-speed interfaces, including next-generation SerDes technologies operating at leading-edge data rates.
• Establish company-wide SI/PI design guidelines, PCB stackup strategies, routing methodologies, and validation approaches to ensure scalable and repeatable success.
• Lead cross-functional technical reviews and drive resolution of the most complex SI/PI challenges spanning multiple products and engineering disciplines.
• Develop advanced simulation methodologies, modelling approaches, and automation techniques to improve engineering productivity and design quality.
• Drive SI technology readiness for future generations of storage products, evaluating emerging technologies and enabling adoption of new architectures and materials.
• Lead root-cause investigations of complex field, validation, and manufacturing issues involving signal integrity, power integrity, timing, and electromagnetic interactions.
• Partner with PCB, mechanical, thermal, and system architects to optimize end-to-end electrical performance.
• Champion technical innovation through patents, industry engagement, publications, and contributions to next-generation technology development.
• Mentor and develop engineers across multiple sites, helping build organizational SI expertise and long-term technical capability.
• Serve as the final escalation point for critical SI/PI technical decisions, balancing performance, risk, schedule, and product cost.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• Technical leadership role influencing multiple storage platforms and future technology roadmaps
• Opportunity to shape engineering methodologies and standards across the organization
• Work on cutting-edge storage and AI infrastructure technologies
• High visibility with engineering leadership and architects
• Strong culture of innovation, technical excellence, and continuous learning
• Significant opportunities to drive patents and industry-leading technical solutions

About You:

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in signal integrity, power integrity, package design, PCB design, and high-speed system architecture.
• Recognized expert in high-speed digital system design with deep understanding of electromagnetic theory, transmission line behavior, crosstalk, loss mechanisms, jitter, equalization, and channel optimization.
• Extensive experience architecting and validating high-speed systems utilizing advanced SerDes technologies and complex storage platforms.
• Demonstrated success leading SI/PI strategies across multiple large-scale product developments from concept through production.
• Expert knowledge of SI/PI simulation methodologies, including time-domain, frequency-domain, statistical, BER, and electromagnetic analysis.
• Deep expertise with industry-standard tools such as Synopsys HSPICE, Keysight ADS, Ansys HFSS, SIwave, PowerSI, and Cadence design environments.
• Extensive experience defining PCB stack-ups, design constraints, routing architectures, power distribution networks, and signal integrity requirements for high-volume products.
• Hands-on expertise using advanced laboratory instrumentation including VNAs, TDRs, high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and compliance test equipment.
• Proven ability to correlate simulation results with laboratory measurements and drive improvements in modelling accuracy and design predictability.
• Strong understanding of system-level interactions between signal integrity, power integrity, thermal performance, electromagnetic compatibility, and manufacturability.

Additional Preferred Abilities:

• Demonstrated technical leadership across geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Ability to influence architecture and engineering decisions across organizations without direct authority.
• Proven track record of mentoring engineers and developing technical capabilities within an organization.
• History of innovation through patents, publications, industry collaboration, or significant technical contributions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to engineers, architects, executives, and customers.
• Strong business and engineering judgment, balancing technical excellence with schedule, product cost, risk, and scalability considerations.
• Self-directed leader capable of defining technical direction in highly ambiguous environments.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. 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.

Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_05 The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
– United States of America: Annual Salary USD 147,000 - 279,000 in Colorado // 140,000 - 321,000 in North Carolina & Texas
The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at

The estimated job application period closure is November 30 2026; this timeline is provided for transparency and internal planning purposes.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

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