Senior Principal Hardware Engineer

Dell; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 187,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Principal Hardware Engineer role at Dell involves delivering enterprise-class hardware across multiple product lines. This position requires collaboration with firmware, mechanical, power, and thermal engineers to innovate using cutting-edge technologies while ensuring project feasibility and requirements alignment.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Fair and equitable compensation practices

Qualifications

• Typically requires 12+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8+ years with a Master's degree; or 5+ years with a PhD.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver project architecture and concept, including feasibility studies and risk documentation.
• Coordinate creation of concept specifications and design guides.
• Discuss requirements and provide technology updates to product groups.

Skills

Hardware design

Leadership

Communication

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Senior Principal Hardware Engineer

The reputation of Dell Technologies for delivering award-winning hardware is legendary and our Hardware Engineering team is at the heart of it. We design and develop analogue as well as digital hardware products – not just computer or network hardware devices but peripherals too. Recognized for our high level of technical expertise in a variety of engineering disciplines, we’re involved across the development lifecycle – from research to the building, testing and delivery of completed products. Innovators in our field, we lead the way in exploring new concepts, approaches, processes, materials and components.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Senior Principal Engineer on our Hardware Engineering Team in Hopkinton, Massachusetts or Austin, Texas.

What you’ll achieve

As a Senior Principal Hardware Engineer, you’ll deliver enterprise class hardware, made up of a wide range of cutting-edge technologies, to dozens of product lines and thousands of customers. You’ll be exposed to all aspects of hardware and systems engineering working closely with firmware, mechanical, power and thermal engineers. You’ll work in a fast-paced environment with a team of highly skilled engineers providing both support and guidance. It is a team fueled by collaboration and a company deeply committed to integrity and responsibility.

You will:

• Work with Product Management and Marketing to fine-tune requirements
• Be responsible for delivering a project architecture and concept to include feasibility studies, defining architecture, SI constraints, Electronic Computer-Aided Design (ECAD) and Mechanical Computer-Aided Design (MCAD) guidance and documenting key risks; the work will be handed over to a development team
• Author and coordinate the creation of concept specifications and design guides
• Use excellent communication skills to discuss requirements and provide technology updates to multiple Dell EMC product groups and development teams

Essential Requirements:

• Proficiency in hardware design of enclosures which include processing, storage and I/O capabilities while balancing mechanical, power and thermal challenges
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams

Desirable Requirements:

• Typically requires 12+ years of related experience in a professional role with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8+ years with a Master’s degree; or 5+ years with a PhD; or equivalent experience
• BS in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or MS in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Compensation

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $187,000 – $242,000.

Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies

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Who we are

We believe that each of us has the power to make an impact. That’s why we put our team members at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds and most advanced tech in the industry, we’re looking for you.

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live and play. Join us to build a future that works for everyone because Progress Takes All of Us.

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