Principal Engineer - Product Portfolio and Infrastructure Roadmap Architect

Role Summary

Lead technical product portfolio and infrastructure roadmap development across Hyve’s compute, AI, storage, and networking platforms. This role combines deep technical infrastructure expertise with product portfolio ownership and roadmap execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end infrastructure product roadmap development across: compute platforms, AI systems, storage infrastructure, networking platforms, motherboards, chassis and rack-scale solutions
• Define and maintain product portfolio strategy and product swimlanes across target customer and market segments
• Develop and manage roadmap planning processes including: technology alignment, resource planning, dependency tracking, platform timing, lifecycle management, ecosystem synchronization
• Work closely with system architects, platform architects, board designers, mechanical architects, power architects, and engineering teams to ensure roadmap feasibility and technical alignment
• Drive technical product definition including: Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), platform specifications, configuration matrices, feature definitions, platform capability planning, roadmap databases and planning tools
• Ensure roadmap products have the required platform capabilities, board designs, chassis architectures, thermal support, power envelopes, expansion capabilities, and deployment models needed for target market coverage
• Coordinate alignment with major ecosystem and SoC vendors across: CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, networking silicon, storage technologies, memory technologies, power and cooling ecosystems
• Partner with system architecture and CTO leadership, marketing, sales, and ecosystem teams on: market sensing, competitive analysis, technology trend analysis, customer requirement alignment, long-range portfolio planning
• Help define platform segmentation and SKU strategy across customer and deployment categories
• Drive roadmap readiness reviews and cross-functional alignment between architecture, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations teams
• Support customer engagements and roadmap discussions where technical product direction and platform planning expertise are required
• Help establish scalable product management and technical roadmap governance processes across the organization

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years in infrastructure architecture, platform engineering, technical product management, systems engineering, or datacenter infrastructure development
• Strong understanding of: server platforms, AI systems, storage infrastructure, networking systems, motherboard architectures, chassis and rack infrastructure, datacenter deployment models
• Experience working closely with hardware engineering and architecture organizations
• Strong technical understanding of: platform capabilities, board-level architecture, power and thermal constraints, I/O and expansion architectures, infrastructure scaling, manufacturability considerations
• Experience driving roadmap planning and technical product definition across multiple infrastructure product lines
• Familiarity with ODM/OEM infrastructure development environments
• Strong ability to translate market requirements and ecosystem direction into deployable infrastructure product plans
• Experience coordinating across architecture, engineering, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, and marketing organizations
• Organizational, analytical, and technical communication skills
• Ability to operate effectively across both technical detail and strategic product planning domains

Preferred Experience

• Experience working with major SoC and infrastructure ecosystem providers
• Familiarity with hyperscaler and enterprise infrastructure market trends
• Experience with roadmap management tools, product databases, or infrastructure lifecycle management systems
• Understanding of rack-scale infrastructure and liquid-cooled systems
• Experience supporting customer-facing roadmap and product planning discussions
• Background in platform architecture or systems engineering environments

Pay

$206K to $282K