Tech Lead, Smart Trailer and Connected Equipment
Samsara
Principal System Architect
TE Connectivity
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Pennsylvania
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💰 $154,100 - $231,100 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Serve as the primary technical liaison for TE’s customers, engaging with hyperscalers, OEMs, and system architects on compute, AI, storage, and networking challenges
- Identify and assess technology disruptors and translate emerging trends into R&D initiatives and product roadmaps
- Cultivate customer partnerships and foster co-development opportunities
- Drive thought leadership and educate internal and external stakeholders on industry trends and TE’s technical capabilities
- Define high-level system architecture requirements and align TE’s product roadmap with next-generation ecosystems
- Evaluate high-speed electrical, optical, and hybrid interconnect solutions balancing performance, power, latency, cost, and manufacturability
- Collaborate with R&D, product development, and business units to shape product roadmaps based on customer challenges and market trends
- Lead technical due diligence for partnerships, acquisitions, and ecosystem collaborations
- Participate in and influence key industry standards groups and represent TE at industry forums and conferences
- Develop and present technical whitepapers, reference designs, and keynote/industry presentations
- Work cross-functionally to translate technical insights into product offerings and drive go-to-market strategy for new interconnect solutions
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Physics
- 8+ years’ experience in the optical design
- Technical expertise in high-speed optical engineering and design
- Knowledge of compute, networking, AI / ML, and storage architectures
- Experience in data center compute and/or networking industry system design and related technologies
- Hands-on experience in the design and testing of optical transceivers and optical components
- Silicon Photonics background is HIGHLY desired
- Effectively able to build relationships with external customers and industry leaders as well as internally across all levels, disciplines, and geographies
- Strategic minded with a proven ability to translate industry and technical trends into meaningful strategies for the business
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrates sound judgment in working through complex technical issues and communicating impact to stakeholders
- Ability to spend 25%-50% of your time traveling domestically and internationally
