Senior Principal System Performance Architect

Dell; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 188,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell has a Senior Principal System Performance Architect role in Austin, TX. You will lead performance optimization and benchmarking strategies for mobile and PC products, collaborating with system EE, ME, BIOS, EC, and software teams to maximize performance while maintaining power efficiency.

The role demands deep expertise in x86 architecture, hardware/software performance evaluation, and experience applying AI-driven policies to improve development productivity.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in x86 architecture, system design, balancing power, thermals, acoustics, and user experience.
• Proven ability to evaluate performance impacts of hardware, firmware, and software features; triage bottlenecks and drive data-based trade-offs.
• Experience with silicon vendors, control frameworks, operating systems, and emerging technologies to forecast performance trends.
• Strong communicator and self-driven collaborator with a customer-first mindset, effective with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience applying AI-driven solutions to expand scope, accelerate development, and optimize team productivity.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain system performance requirements across the product lifecycle.
• Optimize product performance to meet established requirements.
• Validate performance compliance throughout product development.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to deliver innovative, robust PC solutions using advanced performance analysis, software optimization, and benchmarking tools.

Skills

x86 architecture

System design

Power, thermal, acoustics

User experience

Performance analysis

Software optimization

AI-driven solutions

Communication

Data-driven trade-offs

Education

BS in Computer Engineering

Tools

Benchmarking tools

Job description

Dell has a Senior Principal System Performance Architect role in Austin, TX. You will lead performance optimization and benchmarking strategies for mobile and PC products, collaborating with system EE, ME, BIOS, EC, and software teams to maximize performance while maintaining power efficiency.

The role demands deep expertise in x86 architecture, hardware/software performance evaluation, and experience applying AI-driven policies to improve development productivity.