PRINCIPAL SYSTEM ARCHITECT (Remote)

Join to apply for the PRINCIPAL SYSTEM ARCHITECT (Remote) role at Jobright.ai 1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the PRINCIPAL SYSTEM ARCHITECT (Remote) role at Jobright.ai Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Jobright is an AI-powered career platform that helps job seekers discover the top opportunities in the US. We are NOT a staffing agency. Jobright does not hire directly for these positions. We connect you with verified openings from employers you can trust. Job Summary: TE Connectivity is a company focused on creating a safer, sustainable, and more connected world. They are seeking a Principal System Architect to lead technical engagement with customers, define high-level system architecture requirements, and drive the company's technology vision and strategy in the data communications space. Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary technical liaison for TE’s customers, actively engaging with hyperscalers, OEMs, and system architects to gain deep insights into next-generation compute, AI, storage, and networking challenges.
• Proactively identify and assess technology disruptors, translating emerging trends into strategic R&D initiatives and product development roadmaps to maintain TE’s industry leadership.
• Cultivate and strengthen customer partnerships, fostering co-development opportunities and collaborative innovation to accelerate next-gen infrastructure advancements.
• Drive thought leadership by educating and influencing internal and external stakeholders, from executives and product teams to key decision-makers in customer organizations, on emerging industry trends, TE’s technical capabilities, and high-value engineering solutions.
• Bridge the gap between customer needs and TE’s technology roadmap, ensuring TE delivers future-proof, scalable, and high-performance interconnect solutions tailored to the evolving data infrastructure landscape.
• Define high-level system architecture requirements, ensuring TE’s product roadmap is aligned with next-generation compute, AI, and networking ecosystems.
• Drive TE’s technology vision and strategy, ensuring our interconnect solutions support the evolving needs of standards like PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, InfiniBand, and the next-gen AI workloads.
• Lead the evaluation of high-speed electrical, optical, and hybrid interconnect solutions, balancing performance, power, latency, cost, and manufacturability.
• Collaborate with internal R&D, product development, and business units to shape product development roadmaps based on real-world customer challenges and market trends.
• Drive technical due diligence for potential partnerships, acquisitions, and ecosystem collaborations, ensuring TE stays at the forefront of innovation.
• Actively participate in and influence key industry standards groups (e.g., OCP, PCI-SIG, IEEE, Ethernet Alliance, CXL Consortium), ensuring TE’s strategic alignment with the future of data communication.
• Lead and influence discussions on emerging protocols and interface standards, ensuring TE is at the forefront of next-generation high-speed, low-latency interconnect technologies.
• Champion TE’s technical leadership by actively contributing to the development of next-gen copper and optical interconnect standards, positioning TE as an industry innovator, ensuring our solutions stay ahead of the competition.
• Represent TE at industry forums, conferences, and standards organizations, reinforcing our role as a leader in high-speed interconnect technology and ensuring our strategic perspectives drive industry advancements.
• Develop and present thought leadership content, including technical whitepapers, reference designs, keynote presentations, and industry presentations, to amplify TE’s influence within the standards community and the broader industry ecosystem.
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, product management, sales, and marketing teams to translate technical insights into compelling product offerings.
• Drive the execution of high-impact, innovative technical projects, ensuring seamless alignment between customer needs, business goals, and engineering capabilities.
• Guide TE’s go-to-market strategy for new interconnect solutions, ensuring that our technical differentiation is clearly communicated and leveraged in competitive landscapes.

Qualifications: Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Generally requires 12 years of relevant electrical engineering work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in the system-level design in the datacenter, compute, networking or storage industry.
• In-depth knowledge of hardware and associated signaling environments.
• Technical expertise in high-speed engineering and design.
• Deep knowledge of compute, networking, AI / ML, or storage architecture.
• Expertise with industry-standard design tools (e.g., simulation, modeling, CAD, or signal integrity analysis).
• The geographically dispersed group requires that the candidate be self-motivating with the ability to take the initiative to accomplish tasks with limited direction.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Effectively able to build relationships with external customers and industry leaders as well as internally across all levels, disciplines, and geographies.
• Ability to spend 25%-30% of your time traveling.

Preferred: • Having a dual bachelor’s degree in business or an MBA is a plus. Company: TE Connectivity provides and markets engineered electronic components, network solutions, and specialty products. Founded in 1941, the company is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, CHE, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Public Company. TE Connectivity has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Seniority level Seniority level Director Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Job function Project Management Industries Software Development Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Jobright.ai by 2x Inferred from the description for this job Medical insurance Vision insurance 401(k) Get notified when a new job is posted. Sign in to set job alerts for “System Architect” roles. System Architect - Autonomous Vehicle Systems Delivery Architect Director- CPRS (Consumer Products) - Solution Architect Dallas, TX $100,000.00-$125,000.00 4 days ago Dallas, TX $145,000.00-$160,000.00 1 month ago Sr Technical Architect - Transportation Management Systems Dallas, TX $110,000.00-$136,000.00 2 weeks ago Senior Solutions Architect- Media & Entertainment (M&E) Sr. Cloud and Guidewire Architect - Hybrid or Remote Opportunity Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex $150,000.00-$189,000.00 2 weeks ago Salesforce Solutions Architect (Technical Solutions Engineer) Solution Architect – Supply Chain Planning (Manufacturing) Dallas, TX $99,208.00-$143,896.00 3 weeks ago Sr. Developer (Integrate Datadog API’s with Clojure) Senior Oracle Cloud HCM Solution Architect (Core HR/Benefits/Comp) Dallas, TX $165,000.00-$215,000.00 1 month ago Dallas, TX $150,000.00-$170,000.00 2 months ago We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr jobright.com