Senior Principal Systems Development Engineer

Dell Technologies Inc.; Round Rock (TX); On-site; USD 182,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies in Austin, Texas seeks a Sr. Principal System Engineer to lead architecture, development, integration, validation, and lifecycle support of next-generation AI server, storage, networking, and rack-scale platforms.

You will serve as the technical authority for PCIe, memory, power delivery, and systems management, driving platform innovation and coordinating with silicon vendors, ODMs, and hyperscale customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 15+ years hardware engineering and infrastructure development.
• Deep expertise in server and rack-scale electrical architecture (PCIe Gen4/5/6, DDR4/DDR5, high-speed signaling).
• Experience in power delivery architecture, power integrity, BMC management, telemetry, diagnostics, and serviceability.
• Proven leadership delivering complex hardware programs from concept through production.
• Strong executive presence leading technical reviews, customer engagements, and cross-functional strategy.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture roadmaps and design requirements for next-generation AI infrastructure platforms.
• Lead validation, interoperability, reliability, and performance initiatives across PCIe, memory subsystems, power delivery, and manageability technologies.
• Own platform quality and customer escalations by leading root-cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Serve as senior technical authority influencing architecture governance and long-term platform strategy.
• Mentor engineering leaders and communicate direction, risks, and recommendations to executives and stakeholders.

Skills

Server architecture

Rack-scale design

Power delivery

BMC systems management

Telemetry & diagnostics

Leadership experience

Executive presence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

EDA tools

Job description

Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) builds the products that power infrastructure, solutions, and data management our customers need most. Our teams design and develop the hardware and software that connect infrastructure, accelerate computational workloads, integrate across the stack, protect data continuity, and deliver the platforms, applications, and diagnostics our customers rely on every day at enterprise scale.

Some product builders follow the rules. Ours rewrite them.

Within ISG, innovation isn't just about creating new technology- it's about challenging assumptions and reimagining how work gets done. Engineers define intent, author precise specifications, and orchestrate AI agents that execute at speed and scale. AI is embedded throughout our development process, helping us move faster, learn quicker, and deliver greater impact. Yet the most important contribution remains uniquely human: deciding what to build, designing how it should work, and applying the judgment needed to earn our customers' trust. When your products power critical infrastructure around the world, that responsibility matters.

We move quickly toward the work that matters most. We reward experimentation, encourage bold thinking, and remove unnecessary barriers so great ideas can become reality faster. Our teams embrace a customer-first, first-to-market mindset, transforming rapid feedback into better products and better outcomes. We aren't looking for people who are content with the status quo- we look for builders who question it, improve it, and occasionally rewrite it.

If you're energized by solving complex systems challenges, excited to work alongside AI to amplify your impact, and motivated by the opportunity to shape what's next instead of simply maintaining what's been done before, you'll find your place here.

Dell Technologies is leading the transformation of AI infrastructure, delivering high-performance, liquid-cooled platforms that power next-generation workloads. Our Emerging Technologies (XE) Engineering organization is focused on Dell's AI server portfolio, L11 rack-scale solutions, and cluster-scale deployments that solve some of the most complex engineering challenges in the industry. Join us to do the best work of your career and make a measurable impact by enabling the design, deployment, and lifecycle success of advanced AI systems at global scale.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Sr. Principal System Engineer on our Data Center solution and validation Team in Austin, Texas.

What you’ll achieve

Lead the architecture, development, integration, validation, and lifecycle support of next-generation AI server, storage, networking, and rack-scale infrastructure platforms. Serve as the technical authority for PCI Express, Memory, Power Delivery, and Systems Management technologies across the complete product lifecycle, from concept development through deployment, sustaining engineering, and customer support.

Drive platform innovation, quality, reliability, and performance while partnering with silicon vendors, ODMs, manufacturing, quality, firmware, systems engineering, and hyperscale customers. Lead critical technical investigations, root-cause analysis, and field escalations while influencing future-generation platform architectures.

Provide strategic technical leadership across multiple engineering organizations to ensure robust, scalable, serviceable, and highly available infrastructure solutions.

You will:

• Define and drive PCIe, memory, power, and systems management architecture roadmaps, standards, and design requirements for next-generation AI infrastructure platforms
• Lead platform validation, compliance, interoperability, reliability, and performance initiatives, resolving complex issues across PCIe, memory subsystems, power delivery, and manageability technologies
• Own platform quality and customer escalations by leading root-cause investigations, corrective actions, risk assessments, and continuous improvement efforts
• Serve as the senior technical authority, influencing architecture governance, technology investments, cross-functional engineering decisions, and long-term platform strategy
• Mentor engineering leaders, champion engineering excellence, and communicate technical direction, risks, and recommendations to executives, customers, and stakeholders

Qualifications

Take the first step towards your dream career.

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here's what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering (or related field) with 15+ years of hardware engineering, platform architecture, and infrastructure development experience
• Deep expertise in server and rack-scale electrical architecture, including PCIe Gen4/5/6, memory subsystems (DDR4/DDR5/HBM/RDIMM/MRDIMM), and high-speed signaling (SI/PI).
• Extensive experience in power delivery architecture, power integrity, BMC systems management, telemetry, diagnostics, and platform serviceability
• Proven leadership driving complex hardware programs from concept through production, including validation, qualification, manufacturing, reliability, and root-cause investigations
• Strong executive presence with a track record of leading technical reviews, customer engagements, and influencing cross-functional engineering strategy

Desirable Requirements

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field) with experience in AI/HPC platforms, including NVIDIA accelerator architectures, emerging technologies (CXL, PCIe Gen7, memory pooling), and advanced platform management ecosystems
• Expertise in hyperscale datacenter infrastructure, including rack-scale power and liquid cooling architectures, deployment and integration, hardware resiliency and failure analysis, EDA/signal integrity tools, and collaboration with silicon vendors, ODMs, cloud providers, and strategic customers

Compensation

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $182k - $236k.

Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies

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