Senior Principal System Performance Architect, TPPA

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

Job summary

Dell Technologies in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Principal System Performance Architect to lead performance optimization, benchmarking strategies, and cross-functional collaboration across EE, ME, thermal, BIOS, EC, and software teams.

You will drive system-level decisions to maximize processor capabilities and balance performance, power efficiency, and user experience for mobile PC products.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in x86 architecture, system design, balancing power, thermals, acoustics and user experience.
• Experience evaluating performance impacts of hardware, firmware, and software features; triage bottlenecks; data-based trade-off decisions.
• 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 both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven 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 tool.

Skills

x86 architecture

System design

Power, thermal, acoustics

User experience

Performance analysis

Software optimization

Benchmarking

AI-driven solutions

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Benchmarking tools

Performance analysis tools

Job description

Dell Technologies in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Principal System Performance Architect to lead performance optimization, benchmarking strategies, and cross-functional collaboration across EE, ME, thermal, BIOS, EC, and software teams.

You will drive system-level decisions to maximize processor capabilities and balance performance, power efficiency, and user experience for mobile PC products.