Principal Product Engineer - Server Rack

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

Jabil is seeking a Principal Product Engineer who will directly contribute to the transformative growth within our Intelligent Infrastructure division by applying unique and innovative approaches to developing end customer product solutions. You will be responsible for managing the technical direction of Advanced Compute Platform NPIs and manufacturing programs through the lens of the customer, factory, and business leadership.  You will also be responsible for partnering and collaborating with customers, strategic suppliers, internal engineering, program management, manufacturing, test and quality teams to ensure your products meet the rigorous standards and performance expectations of Jabil’s world-class manufacturing environments and our customers.

Job Title: Principal Product Engineer

Division: Intelligent Infrastructure

Location: Florence, KY*

*This position is primarily an on-site role but may be afforded the flexibility of working in a hybrid capacity (remotely - week to week basis) depending on business needs.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for new product introductions and validating manufacturing performance for new and sustaining AI/ML and GPGPU and hardware accelerator-based server and storage platforms.
• Serve as the hardware troubleshooting, debugging, and failure analysis subject matter expert – responsible for guiding operations to resolve complex failures in a fast-paced environment.
• Organize teams and drive solutions for multiple, complex problems cross-functionally and within various areas of technical expertise (hardware, software, firmware, performance, interoperability, etc.)
• Develop, grow and maintain healthy interpersonal relationships with peers, team members, executive leadership, customers and external partners at all times.
• Provide thought leadership and direct engineering support for your assigned manufacturing site in the areas of product, test infrastructure, component and supplier expertise.
• Exchange knowledge and information with other Jabil facilities to ensure best practices are both shared and implemented throughout the Jabil organization.
• Guide the customer and Jabil operational teams towards the successful resolution of complex and/or systemic product, process and material issues through the application of rigorous analytical methods.
• Partner with site operations and test leadership to drive root cause investigations leading to clear actions and improvements in FPY, test throughput and repair yield.
• Primary technical interface for customer product introductions and manufacturing performance from a server and storage subject matter expertise perspective.
• Directly contribute to the knowledge base used for effective/accurate debug, train the appropriate test/debug leads and respond to feedback in a timely manner to support daily operational objectives.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience with server, storage, networking and GPGPU and PCIe-based accelerator architectures. 
• Systems management experience with server products including embedded remote management standards, interfaces and applications.
• A strong balance of technical skills across product engineering, manufacturing processes, and advanced compute platforms.
• Proven ability to apply experience-based judgment in execution and decision-making activities, ensuring programs stay aligned with customer and business priorities.
• Expertise in managing New Product Introduction (NPI) and manufacturing programs from concept through delivery.
• Ability to partner effectively with customers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals.
• Commitment to meeting rigorous standards of performance and reliability in world-class manufacturing environments.
• Working knowledge of OS, driver, firmware and hardware architecture, device interactions.
• Ability to leverage SW/HW expertise to determine root cause that leads to optimized solutions.
• Expertise with Linux operating systems, related applications and script development.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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