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# Principal Mechanical Engineering Architect - Server & Rack Solutions

- **Company:** Zt Group Int'l, Inc.
- **Location:** Secaucus, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $148,125.0 - $246,875.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Intelligent Platform Management Interface, BIOS, Ubuntu (Operating System), CentOS, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Software Debugging, Linux, Ethernet, Serial ATA, Network Topologies, Hyper-V, InfiniBand, Windows Servers, Network Protocols, Citrix Systems, PCI Express, SAS (Software), Server Administration, Server Virtualization, Signal Integrity, Systems Architecture, Extensible Firmware Interface, SUSE Linux, Computer Network Technologies, Physical Design, Fedora, Vmware
- **Published:** September 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a0b017a199b79869

## About the Role

* Experience in developing server product architectures and carrying through to production.

 * Experience with server motherboard design

 * Experience with server chassis layout optimization

 * Experience with rack-level and data-center design implementation

 * System Architecture - Power design

 * AC/DC power converter design, System/Rack power budgeting and debug experience

 * Rack and Data Center Level power infrastructure experience

 * SW/FW Architecture - UEFI FW, BMC FW, OS/Drivers

 * Experience coding for AMI and/or OpenBMC based BMC FW

 * Experience with DMTF Redfish

 * Experience coding for UEFI FW (BIOS)

 * Experience with industry security protocols, Root of Trust, and design for security

 * Experience with Operating Systems and Driver design/usage

Competencies

 * Innovates and develops intellectual property.

 * Excellent communication, social, commercial and negotiation skills.

 * Leadership of feasibility studies of system level concepts.

 * Author technical papers, present at industry forums and participate in industry consortiums.

 * Drive prototyping or proof of concepts of new technologies .

What You Bring

 * BS in Electrical, CS, or Mechanical Engineering and 12 + years of direct industry experience (alternatively MS and 10+ years)

 * Experience with high-speed design, signal integrity issues, power distribution techniques and x86/ARM/GPU platform architectures.

 * Experience with implementation of high-speed serial buses and Fabrics (SAS/SATA, PCIe, InfiniBand, Fibre Channel, Ethernet, etc.), high speed Memory Busses (DDR4/DDR5, HBM), and Processor/Accelerator Cache Coherent Links (CXL).

 * Knowledge of server & rack architecture, system level design, board level design and overall server management.

 * Strong knowledge of the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) functionality, telemetry, and design for Security/ RoT .

 * Experience with new product development life cycle and driving cross-functional development efforts from concept to planning to development.

 * Demonstrated ability to create detailed architecture specifications and drive business cases for new products and features.

 * Strong understanding of network technologies and datacenter network topologies.

 * Optional: Working knowledge of server operating systems including Windows Server and Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE).

 * Optional: Experience with Server Virtualization Solutions (VMware, Citrix or Hyper-V).

 * Optional: Knowledge of software driver implementation, IP schemas and network protocols.

 * Demonstrated ability to discover, learn, and apply new technologies .

## Description

* Develops long-term hyperscale server technology strategies based on technical and business footprint of the customer.

 * Drives internal and external integration of system level engineering strategy.

 * Develops long-term technical relationships with the core technology ecosystem. The relationships should create a technical interface, driving customer requirements into next generation designs.

 * Identifies and develops differentiation opportunities and drives thought leadership discussions among engineering, customers, business, and management.

 * Work directly with customers on concept and development of custom hyperscale server and rack designs.

 * Determine how to solve performance/operational problems and deliver business value through ZT hardware.

 * System Architecture - Server design