Senior Principal Engineer-Thermal Controls Strategy and Architecture
About The Position
The Senior Principal Engineer will lead the architecture of thermal control systems across the PowerEdge portfolio, defining scalable and intelligent solutions for air-cooled, liquid-cooled, and rack-scale platforms. The role combines thermal engineering, embedded controls, and system architecture to deliver reliable, high-performance thermal management across multiple product generations. Thermal Engineering develops compliant thermal design solutions and cross-functional interfaces for computer systems and peripherals. The team conducts analysis, feasibility studies, and testing of thermal products, instruments, subassemblies, and packaging, and oversees the introduction of design changes to manufacturing organizations. This position is on the Thermal Engineering team in Austin, Texas. Relocation assistance is available.
Requirements
- 15+ years of related experience or equivalent expertise in thermal controls, systems engineering, thermal management, or server platform development.
- Deep expertise in thermal control architectures, closed-loop controls, and algorithm development for complex computing or infrastructure systems.
- Proven ability to architect scalable thermal management solutions that balance cooling performance, power efficiency, reliability, and cost.
- Experience driving thermal control strategies across air-cooled, liquid-cooled, hybrid, or rack-scale infrastructure platforms.
- Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence technical direction and partner effectively across firmware, systems, mechanical, electrical, and platform engineering teams.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with model-based engineering, simulation, automated validation, or AI-assisted engineering workflows for controls development.
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
Responsibilities
- Define the vision and architecture for next-generation thermal control systems across Dell server and infrastructure platforms.
- Lead the design of advanced thermal control algorithms that optimize cooling, power, performance, reliability, and energy efficiency.
- Drive thermal control strategies for air-cooled, liquid-cooled, hybrid, and rack-scale architectures, shaping future technology roadmaps.
- Partner across firmware, platform, mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering teams to deliver scalable and robust thermal management solutions.
- Serve as a technical authority for thermal controls, leading complex system-level problem solving, influencing engineering decisions, and establishing architectural best practices across the organization.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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