Principal Engineer (PCBA, ICT)

Principal Engineer (PCBA, ICT)

Join us as a Principal System Development Engineer on our Engineering Development team in China to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.

About the Business Unit:

Dell provides the technology that transforms the way we all work and live. But we are more than a technology company — we are a people company. We inspire, challenge and respect every employee. We also provide them with unparalleled growth and development opportunities. We can’t wait for you to discover this for yourself as a Principal System Development Engineer on our Global Test Engineering team.

When your products transform the way we live and work, nothing can be left to chance. Our Test Engineering team takes charge of the testing, evaluation and validation of all our devices. We’re a team of expert engineers responsible for the development of all test cases and test tools to ensure the functionality and compatibility of our products. We’re involved in the whole testing process from preparing test and diagnostic programs to recommending changes in testing equipment procedures and designing new testing equipment.

As a Principal System Development Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Design, develop, modify and evaluate PCBA manufacturing test solutions and processes.

• Reviews vendor capability to support development.

• Assures assignments are completed on schedule and within cost objectives.

• Ensures the manufacturability, reliability and serviceability of designs.

• Designs and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and/or production equipment.

• Designs, develops and implements cost-effective methods of testing and troubleshooting systems and equipment.

• Work with internal organizations (Development Eng., Bios, Firmware groups, etc.) to identify technical requirements and determine deliverables.

• Define and design new fixture specification. Review and co-ordinate new fixture designs to fixture deployment.

• Monitor and evaluate test data to ensure Dell is meeting throughput, capacity, and quality goals, Functional Test first pass yields, LRR, IFIR, test times, number of available testers.

• Qualifying new fixture suppliers and program management suppliers.

• Support the Client (PC), Server test teams on implementation of test processes.

Take the first step towards your dream career

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree of electrical engineering or related majors. Minimum 7 years working experience in ICT test, design or manufacturing electrical products.

• Strong ownership of issues and deliverables. Strong English communication skills, verbal and written; ability to speak up and communicate well in difficult situations and extensive problem solving and analysis skills. Excellent attention to details. Action oriented driving for quick and accurate results. 

• Strong teamwork skills.  Basic insight and skills to effectively manage cultural differences and good understanding of hardware and software interactions and Willingness to work outside normal workday to support meetings across various time zones.

• Ability to understand simple to highly complex hardware configurations including PC, server, and storage systems. 

• Deliver products within budget, schedule, and quality guidelines. Develop and support applications, databases, diagnostics, scripts, firmware, drivers, and BIOS utilities.

Desirable Requirements

• Thorough understanding of PCBA manufacturing process and test, including AOI, AXI, ICT and functional testing and be familiar with software or tools using a range of applicable technologies (e.g. Programming languages, compilers, assemblers and other tools) and state-of-the-art software engineering methodologies.

• Experience with software development lifecycle process.  Dedication to good software development practices.  Working ability to easily achieve mastery of new tools, programming languages, and operating systems.  Ability to learn on the fly with little or no support.