Principal Engineer

Description

Principal Engineer
Job Summary
The Principal Engineer oversees the OS engineering effort of major R&D projects and provides future looking technical guidance to the engineers in the group.

Responsibilities
Provides engineering design expertise by:
• Actively contributing to the ongoing software design and development process of the group.
• Tracking technical innovations both within and outside of the industry. Making timely recommendations on their applicability to projects.
• Working with engineers in other departments to create system-wide solutions.
• Actively contributing to product reviews on target hardware.
Serves as a leader within the group by:
• Setting a positive example and leading by demonstrating a strong work ethic.
• Fostering ownership of the technical tasks by soliciting the engineers for their input throughout the design and production process.
• Developing long-term thinking in the engineering staff and fostering proactive problem solving approaches.
• Working to provide the engineering staff with the skills and knowledge to advance within the organization.
• Confronting and addressing all inappropriate business behavior among the staff and communicating such behavior to the Director.
• Working with the Director to accurately evaluate the engineering staff’s strengths and weaknesses.