Lead Technology Innovation Engineer (AUSTIN)

Company: JABIL CIRCUIT, INC
Location: Austin
Posted on: February 8, 2026

Job Description:

This position supports hybrid work schedule depending on organization needs. JOB SUMMARY The Principle Test Development Engineer provides leadership simultaneously across several technology platforms of specialization within the Engineering Group. They are recognized thought leaders that focus on projects requiring advanced levels of multidisciplinary technical expertise and problem solving. The Principal Engineer is responsible for large scale activities including the discovery and evaluation of new technologies, development of related processes and procedures, equipment development, and the creation of educational materials that establish the baseline knowledge for the technology. They are strategic thinkers combining business acumen with technical breadth, and provide mentoring to Test Development staff for a variety of disciplines and best practices. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Software development, deployment and maintenance responsibilities. Responsible for operational and development support for the manufacturing test software deployed at production facilities Maintain existing code and develop new features. Enable a development framework that facilitates the creation of behavioral and high-level software design specifications. Establish and maintain best practices for high quality software development and sustaining activities. Contribute and improve software build methodology, procedures, and environment. JOB QUALIFICATIONS KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS Java Spring Boot / Quarkus framework JPA / Hibernate JDBC React REST Graal (native compilation) Microservices Event Driven Architecture(Message Bus, nats.io, Kafka etc) Virtual Threads Testing (unit, integration, mocking) Docker Docker Swarm/Kubernetes Git Deployment Strategies Observability Security Analytics AI DB management and optimization Experience in web development Skilled in at least one other language. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS BS degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field. MS preferred. 10 years experience in a software development/test capacity with enterprise server, storage or networking products.

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