Viking Enterprise Solutions, a division of Sanmina Corporation, is responsible for the design of high performance storage and server systems for the OEM marketplace. Due to our continued success and growth, Viking Enterprise has an opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer. This is an opportunity to join the Viking team for an exciting career on the cutting edge in data storage product and server product design.

Senior Systems Engineer

Job Purpose:

In this role, the Senior Systems Engineer work within a team responsible for product development of innovative data storage and server product designs in Colorado Springs and an offshore development partner. The Senior Systems Engineer will be responsible for leading both Colorado-based and offshore development teams for developing server and storage products. The Senior Systems Engineer will work cross-functionally to deliver next generation products for both internally specified products and customer specified products.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead collaborative teams to develop leading edge server and storage products
• Provide technical and program leadership to offshore design teams to develop server and storage products
• Provide technical and program leadership to local design teams to develop server and storage products
• Provide cross-functional technical guidance and mentorship to engineers throughout the organization.
• Contribute to Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) for server and storage products
• Provide technical support to RFQs and Business Development activities as required
• Limited hands on testing and troubleshooting of server and storage products as required

Required Education and Experience:

• BS degree in engineering, computer science or related field
• 8 years of relevant industry experience with at least 5 years working with offshore development teams
• Working understanding of electro-mechanical system design
• Working knowledge of design tradeoffs between various disciplines (example; Mechanical packaging versus Electrical layout requirements)
• Working understanding of signal integrity concepts and trade-offs
• Working knowledge of mechanical design concepts (sheet metal and plastics)
• Working knowledge of PCB fabrication and assembly process
• Working knowledge of enclosure level factory assembly and integration process
• Ability to see and understand overall system requirements to evaluate tradeoffs and deliver a quality product
• Ability to develop and track development schedules

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Experience leading off-shore teams in India and Asia (Taiwan/China)
• Working knowledge of various OS (Linux, Windows, Unix etc.)
• Working understanding of SES, BMC, BIOS and Networking protocols
• Working knowledge of PCIe add in card specifications
• Working understanding of Server and Storage product design
• Working knowledge of SAS, SATA and NVMe HDD/SSD technology
• Working knowledge of power, packaging and cooling trade-offs for high density storage and high power CPU enclosure design
• Working knowledge of x86 CPU complex design
• PMP certification

Salary range: $90,000-$120,000