Sr. Principal System EngineerDell Technologies is leading the transformation of AI infrastructure, delivering high-performance, liquid-cooled platforms that power next-generation workloads. Our Emerging Technologies (XE) Engineering organization is focused on Dell's AI server portfolio, L11 rack-scale solutions, and cluster-scale deployments that solve some of the most complex engineering challenges in the industry. Join us to do the best work of your career and make a measurable impact by enabling the design, deployment, and lifecycle success of advanced AI systems at global scale.
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Sr. Principal System Engineer on our Data Center solution and validation
Team in
Austin, Texas.
What you'll achieveLead the architecture, development, integration, validation, and lifecycle support of next-generation AI server, storage, networking, and rack-scale infrastructure platforms. Serve as the technical authority for PCI Express, Memory, Power Delivery, and Systems Management technologies across the complete product lifecycle, from concept development through deployment, sustaining engineering, and customer support.
Drive platform innovation, quality, reliability, and performance while partnering with silicon vendors, ODMs, manufacturing, quality, firmware, systems engineering, and hyperscale customers. Lead critical technical investigations, root-cause analysis, and field escalations while influencing future-generation platform architectures.
Provide strategic technical leadership across multiple engineering organizations to ensure robust, scalable, serviceable, and highly available infrastructure solutions.
You will:- Define and drive PCIe, memory, power, and systems management architecture roadmaps, standards, and design requirements for next-generation AI infrastructure platforms
- Lead platform validation, compliance, interoperability, reliability, and performance initiatives, resolving complex issues across PCIe, memory subsystems, power delivery, and manageability technologies
- Own platform quality and customer escalations by leading root-cause investigations, corrective actions, risk assessments, and continuous improvement efforts
- Serve as the senior technical authority, influencing architecture governance, technology investments, cross-functional engineering decisions, and long-term platform strategy
- Mentor engineering leaders, champion engineering excellence, and communicate technical direction, risks, and recommendations to executives, customers, and stakeholders
ResponsibilitiesWhat you'll achieveLead the architecture, development, integration, validation, and lifecycle support of next-generation AI server, storage, networking, and rack-scale infrastructure platforms. Serve as the technical authority for PCI Express, Memory, Power Delivery, and Systems Management technologies across the complete product lifecycle, from concept development through deployment, sustaining engineering, and customer support.
Drive platform innovation, quality, reliability, and performance while partnering with silicon vendors, ODMs, manufacturing, quality, firmware, systems engineering, and hyperscale customers. Lead critical technical investigations, root-cause analysis, and field escalations while influencing future-generation platform architectures.
Provide strategic technical leadership across multiple engineering organizations to ensure robust, scalable, serviceable, and highly available infrastructure solutions.
You will:- Define and drive PCIe, memory, power, and systems management architecture roadmaps, standards, and design requirements for next-generation AI infrastructure platforms
- Lead platform validation, compliance, interoperability, reliability, and performance initiatives, resolving complex issues across PCIe, memory subsystems, power delivery, and manageability technologies
- Own platform quality and customer escalations by leading root-cause investigations, corrective actions, risk assessments, and continuous improvement efforts
- Serve as the senior technical authority, influencing architecture governance, technology investments, cross-functional engineering decisions, and long-term platform strategy
- Mentor engineering leaders, champion engineering excellence, and communicate technical direction, risks, and recommendations to executives, customers, and stakeholders
QualificationsTake the first step towards your dream careerEvery Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here's what we are looking for with this role:Essential Requirements - Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering (or related field) with 15+ years of hardware engineering, platform architecture, and infrastructure development experience
- Deep expertise in server and rack-scale electrical architecture, including PCIe Gen4/5/6, memory subsystems (DDR4/DDR5/HBM/RDIMM/MRDIMM), and high-speed signaling (SI/PI).
- Extensive experience in power delivery architecture, power integrity, BMC systems management, telemetry, diagnostics, and platform serviceability
- Proven leadership driving complex hardware programs from concept through production, including validation, qualification, manufacturing, reliability, and root-cause investigations
- Strong executive presence with a track record of leading technical reviews, customer engagements, and influencing cross-functional engineering strategy
Desirable Requirements - Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field) with experience in AI/HPC platforms, including NVIDIA accelerator architectures, emerging technologies (CXL, PCIe Gen7, memory pooling), and advanced platform management ecosystems
- Expertise in hyperscale datacenter infrastructure, including rack-scale power and liquid cooling architectures, deployment and integration, hardware resiliency and failure analysis, EDA/signal integrity tools, and collaboration with silicon vendors, ODMs, cloud providers, and strategic customers
CompensationDell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $182k - $236k.
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