Job Description Summary

Senior Principal Engineer - Informatics

Job Description

• Serve as a senior technical authority across informatics defining and enforcing technical standards, guiding key design decisions, and making final determinations on technical tradeoffs and risk acceptance.
• Demonstrated ability to use informatics (data, ML, AI) to discover and develop materials.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully propose informatics programs internally (NTI, NPI, Modules) and externally (US GOVT, University).
• Provide end-to-end technical leadership for highly complex engineering projects and programs, ensuring sound architecture, technical rigor, safety, quality, and lifecycle risk closure.
• Own critical projects and technical deliverables supporting the success of Informatics on the MPE team.
• Act as a primary technical resource and subject matter expert within Informatics providing guidance to project teams, suppliers, customers, and stakeholders.
• Review and approve engineering documentation, deliverables, deviations, and waivers to ensure compliance with internal requirements, external regulations, and industry standards.
• Collaborate directly with the Sciences - MPE Chief Engineer to review designs, align strategy, and provide technical direction.
• Drive problem resolution across multiple disciplines and identify technical risks and mitigations at the system level.
• Identify innovation opportunities by monitoring relevant technologies, regulations, competitors, and industrial trends; support external engagement through conferences, academic partnerships, and technical forums.
• Interface with customers, suppliers, internal teams, and external entities to resolve the most complex technical issues and support successful project execution.
• Leverage data and AI/ML tools to accelerate design space exploration, automate analysis, and improve defect detection and root-cause resolution.
• Mentor and coach Principal and developing engineers to strengthen technical judgment, knowledge sharing, and engineering capability.
• Lead the development of technical standards, best practices, design practices, and process improvements while fostering a culture of curiosity, continuous improvement, and inclusion.

Requirements:

• Master’s of Science or higher in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science
• At least 8 additional years of experience in an engineering capacity
• Must be able to work export control MPE
• Able to travel as required, including internationally

Desired Characteristics

• Proven ability to lead technical teams and deliver results.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to provide clear communications and solid leadership on challenging technical issues
• Experience interfacing with customers, conferences, user groups
• Customer-focused with clear, concise written and oral communications at the appropriate level
• Experience and demonstrated success working in a complex cross-functional global environment
• Servant leadership mindset
• Restless dissatisfaction with “the way things are done” … focused on continuous improvement
• Data-driven but decisive despite ambiguity
• Humble, open, collaborative, and continuously learning
• Able to travel globally as needed
• Leadership to pursue correct engineering process in adverse conditions

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government. ​

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