Technical Staff, Engineering Technologist

What you’ll achieve

• Provide expert guidance on technology investigations, prototyping strategies, and data generation that drive product decisions.
• Synthesize insights from experiments and literature to advise leaders and shape roadmaps.
• Mentor technologists and contribute to playbooks and tool improvements.
• Act as the technical authority for Signal Integrity across multiple programs and product lines.
• Define system-level SI architecture and strategy, including channel budgets, loss targets, and margin requirements.
• Lead end-to-end SI ownership from concept and architecture through design, validation, and production.
• Drive pre-layout and post-layout simulation methodologies and sign-off criteria across the organization.
• Develop and standardize design rules and best practices for: PCB stack-up and materials selection, high-speed routing constraints, return path continuity and via design, crosstalk and noise mitigation strategies.

About the role

The Engineering Technologist team is involved in assessing the competition, developing technology and product strategies, and generating intellectual property. They lead technology investigations, analyze industry capabilities, and recommend potential acquisitions or vendor partner opportunities. Their insights influence product architecture and definitions. They work with colleagues across the business to ensure their products always lead the way.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for Signal Integrity across multiple programs and product lines.
• Define system-level SI architecture and strategy, including channel budgets, loss targets, and margin requirements.
• Lead end-to-end SI ownership from concept and architecture through design, validation, and production.
• Drive pre-layout and post-layout simulation methodologies and sign-off criteria across the organization.
• Develop and standardize design rules and best practices for: PCB stack-up and materials selection, high-speed routing constraints, return path continuity and via design, crosstalk and noise mitigation strategies.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in signal integrity, high-speed design, or related domain.
• Deep expertise in: Electromagnetic theory and transmission line behavior, High-speed digital system design and channel modeling, Multi-gigabit serial link analysis and optimization.
• Proven track record of delivering complex, high-speed systems to production.
• Expert-level proficiency with SI tools: Keysight ADS, Ansys HFSS / SIwave, Cadence Sigrity.
• Strong experience with: Advanced PCB design and stack-up definition, Package and interconnect modeling, High-speed interface standards and compliance.

Qualifications

• Typically requires 15+ years of related experience in a professional role with a Bachelor's degree; or 12+ years and a Master's degree; or 8+ years and a PhD; or equivalent experience.

Skills

• Contributions to industry standards or technical publications.

Benefits

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $229,500 – $297,000. Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies Your life. Your health. Supported by your benefits. You can explore the overall benefits experience that awaits you as a Dell Technologies team member — right now at MyWellatDell.com.