Senior Electrical Engineer - High-Speed Cables & Optics

Dell Technologies Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking an Electrical Senior Engineer to join the Cables & Optics team and contribute to high-speed hardware validation across server, storage, and networking platforms.

You will develop and execute test plans, perform lab validation and interoperability testing, and collaborate with Platform Engineering, Firmware, and Software teams to ensure reliable, scalable solutions for Dell's next-generation infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in hardware validation, qualification, or testing of server, storage, or network hardware, including high-speed networking, optical transceivers, and cable technologies.
• Familiarity with server, storage, and network hardware platforms and their interconnects, such as NICs, switches, PCIe, and optical and copper solutions (e.g., SFP+, QSFP+, QSFP28, QSFP-DD, OSFP, DAC, AOC).
• Experience developing and executing test plans and performing hands-on laboratory validation, interoperability testing, and troubleshooting of server, storage, and network hardware, including server-to-switch and switch-to-switch connectivity.
• Working knowledge of Ethernet networking concepts and experience using common lab equipment and test tools for server, storage, and network hardware.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional engineering teams and external suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans to verify server, storage, and network hardware across speeds and protocols.
• Perform hands-on laboratory validation, interoperability testing, performance characterization, and failure analysis.
• Collaborate with platform, networking, firmware, and software engineering teams to ensure successful integration and deployment of hardware components within compute, storage, and networking products.
• Work with server, storage, network, cable, optical module, NIC, switch, and silicon vendors to evaluate product capabilities, review technical specifications, and support qualification, production readiness, and sustaining activities.
• Ensure qualified hardware solutions meet system requirements for performance, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability while supporting new product introductions and sustaining programs.

Skills

Hardware validation

Test plan development

Lab validation

Interoperability testing

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

NIC interconnects

PCIe

Optical transceivers

Cabling technologies

Job description

Dell Technologies Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking an Electrical Senior Engineer to join the Cables & Optics team and contribute to high-speed hardware validation across server, storage, and networking platforms.

You will develop and execute test plans, perform lab validation and interoperability testing, and collaborate with Platform Engineering, Firmware, and Software teams to ensure reliable, scalable solutions for Dell's next-generation infrastructure.