Sr Principal Hardware Engineer (NetSec)

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks.  And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

Job Description

Your Career

As a key contributor in the Platform Hardware development team, you will be responsible for the complete design cycle of Palo Alto Networks hardware including: specification; component selection; schematic entry; layout oversight; prototype bring-up, debug, and validation testing. The Hardware Engineering team is an interdisciplinary team including: mechanical engineering, signal integrity, layout, and compliance.
You will be expected to collaborate cross-functionally with product management, software, operations and quality assurance while also mentoring less-experienced engineers on the team in the process of leading hardware programs.

Your Impact

• Strong desire to work in a collaborative environment where honesty and accountability are paramount
• Excellent ability to drive tasks proactively, independently and escalate and communicate issues and needs clearly
• Proven experience to collaborate with overseas vendors to ensure designs meet specifications and requirements
• Full design-cycle ownership from concept to production release
• Design, bring-up, and debug of new PCB designs
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic development environment
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools
• Experience working with lab equipment for hands-on prototyping, design, and power analysis
• Support at the factory when needed for engineering builds, pilot and production
• Desired Skills
• Experience shipping NGFW and/or SD-WAN network equipment
• Experience in design with respect to cost
• Experience in network product design
• Experience in embedded system design
• Experience in integrated WiFi design
• Experience with LTE and 5G radio integration
• Experience with Power over Ethernet

Qualifications

Your Experience

• BS EE, CE or CS - or equivalent work experience or equivalent military experience required, MSEE preferred
• Minimum of 10 years experience in hardware development
• Experience in going through several complete and successful PCBA design cycles from architecture to production required
• Strong leadership/communication/interpersonal skills required
• Hands on experience in the design, bring up and debug of PCBAs for hardware products launched to customers
• Experience managing simultaneous projects from start to finish
• Experience prototyping, reworking, troubleshooting board & component level issues to resolution
• Experience using the latest schematic capture and PCB layout tools & programs
• Experience using office programs such as Microsoft Office and Google Docs
• Experience working with factories and internal teams to support builds for production
• Network equipment design experience is highly desired

Additional Information

The Team

To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks, and the products and services that proactively address them. Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. They are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. These engineers aren’t shy about creating products to solve problems no one has tackled before. They define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Our engineering team is provided with an unrivaled opportunity to build the products and practices that will support our company growth over the next decade, defining the cybersecurity industry as we know it. If you see the potential of how incredible people & products can transform a business, this is the team for you. If you don’t wait for directions, instead, identifying new features and opportunities we have to just get better, this is your new career.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $159,300/yr to $257,600/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.