Principal Test Lab Architect & Infrastructure Lead

Dell Inc.; Texas; On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies is seeking a Test Principal Engineer in Austin, Texas to lead the operational management and strategic development of a critical server validation laboratory within the GET group. You will oversee infrastructure planning, asset management, facilities coordination, networking, security compliance and capital investments to ensure a scalable, secure validation environment.

The role requires strong data center hardware expertise, server technologies, power/cooling, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing or supporting engineering, validation, test, or data center lab environments.
• Strong understanding of power delivery systems and infrastructure for enterprise servers.
• Familiarity with liquid cooling technologies and operational considerations.
• Working knowledge of networking concepts: IP/MAC addresses, subnetting, VLANs, Ethernet switching, troubleshooting.
• Experience coordinating with facilities, engineering, security, procurement and vendors.
• Strong organizational, project management, and budgeting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day operations and long-term planning for a server validation laboratory.
• Partner with Facilities to define lab requirements for power delivery and cooling infrastructure.
• Manage inventory of lab assets including servers, storage, networking gear, racks and power equipment.
• Develop asset tracking, lifecycle management, utilization reporting and capacity plans.
• Review product specs to ensure lab can support future validation needs.
• Design and troubleshoot lab networking including VLANs, switches, and access controls.
• Collaborate with Information Security to remediate vulnerabilities and ensure policy compliance.
• Manage CapEx planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
• Coordinate deployments, upgrades and expansions with vendors to minimize disruption.
• Drive continuous improvement in lab processes and infrastructure reliability.

Skills

Lab operations

Power delivery

Networking

Budgeting

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related

Tools

Asset management systems

Inventory tracking tools

Networking monitoring tools

Capacity planning tools

Job description

Dell Technologies is seeking a Test Principal Engineer in Austin, Texas to lead the operational management and strategic development of a critical server validation laboratory within the GET group. You will oversee infrastructure planning, asset management, facilities coordination, networking, security compliance and capital investments to ensure a scalable, secure validation environment.

The role requires strong data center hardware expertise, server technologies, power/cooling, and