Principal Product Engineer - Datacenter

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

JOB SUMMARY

Jabil is seeking a highly skilled, technically proficient, and detail-oriented Principal Product Engineer within the Intelligent Infrastructure Division to lead the technical direction and manufacturing programs through the lens of the customer, factory, and business leadership. You will be responsible for partnering and collaborating with customers, strategic suppliers, internal engineering, program management, manufacturing, test and quality teams to ensure your products meet the rigorous standards and performance expectations of Jabil’s world-class manufacturing environments. This person will oversee end‑to‑end product development – from early NPI prototyping and integration through validation and large-scale production – while driving cross‑functional collaboration, technical innovation, and continuous improvement across enterprise and hyperscale datacenter programs.

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for product introductions and manufacturing performance for new and sustaining AI/ML, CPU, GPU, network and server platforms.
• Strong ability to organize teams and drive the solution for multiple, complex problems cross-functionally and within various areas of technical expertise (hardware, software, firmware, performance, interoperability, etc.)
• Must be extremely detailed oriented while at the same time able to communicate complex issues in simple, actionable terms at all levels within the organization.
• Must possess a strong balance of technical skills, experience-based judgment and business acumen in all execution and decision-making activities.
• Strong ability to develop, grow and maintain healthy interpersonal relationships with peers, team members, executive leadership, customers and external partners always.
• Provide thought leadership and direct engineering support to multiple manufacturing sites in the areas of product, test infrastructure, component and supplier expertise.
• Exchange knowledge and information with other Jabil facilities to ensure best practices are both shared and implemented throughout the Jabil organization.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Guide the customer and Jabil operational teams towards the successful resolution of complex and/or systemic product, process and material issues through the application of rigorous analytical methods.
• Partner with site operations and test leadership to drive root cause investigations leading to clear actions and improvements in FPY, test throughput and repair yield.
• Primary technical interface for customer product introductions and manufacturing performance from a server and storage subject matter expertise perspective.
• Directly contribute to the knowledge base used for effective/accurate debug, train the appropriate test/debug leads and respond to feedback in a timely manner to support daily operational objectives.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience and deep level of understanding of server, storage, networking and GPU and PCIe-based accelerator architectures. 
• Liquid cooling experience within racks, servers, cold plates, and/or CDUs.
• Systems management experience with server products including embedded remote management standards, interfaces and applications.
• Hands-on experience with prototype fabrication and testing; experience working with global suppliers and contract manufacturers (CM) a plus.
• Develop and maintain design documentation including BOMs, specifications, test plans, and engineering change orders (ECOs).
• Working knowledge of OS, driver, firmware and hardware architecture, device interactions.
• Ability to leverage SW/HW expertise to determine root causes that lead to optimized solutions.
• Expertise with Linux operating systems, related applications and script development.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field. MS preferred.
• 6+ years’ experience in a hardware product development environment with enterprise servers, storage or networking products.
• Experience working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environments.
• Proven ability to work within a fast-paced and ambiguous business environment.
• Domestic and/or international travel, up to 20%, may be required.

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