Senior Principal Engineer, Hardware Engineering - AI Server Systems

Dell Technologies•TX, TX
•$176,000 - $242,000

About The Position

The Senior Principal Engineer will provide technical leadership for the AI Platforms and Rack Scale Infrastructure team, architecting and developing next-generation AI server and rack-scale platforms. The role involves leading complex hardware development efforts, solving system-level problems, and collaborating with electrical, firmware, mechanical, thermal, power, manufacturing, and other teams to shape product direction and deliver infrastructure for advanced AI workloads and strategic customers. The work spans the product lifecycle, from architecture and design through validation, issue resolution, and manufacturing readiness.

Requirements

  • 12 or more years of hardware engineering experience, or equivalent skill, with a proven track record of delivering complex server and platform solutions.
  • Experience designing and integrating server enclosures, including processing, storage, and input/output subsystems, while balancing mechanical, power, and thermal requirements.
  • Background leading cross-functional engineering teams through architecture, design, validation, and issue resolution.
  • Strong knowledge of server architecture, system integration, and root cause analysis of complex hardware and system-level issues.
  • Ability to collaborate and influence across global engineering teams, original design manufacturer and joint design manufacturer partners, and manufacturing organizations.

Nice To Haves

  • Bachelor’s or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
  • Experience developing artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, or large-scale data center platforms, including familiarity with rack-scale infrastructure, systems management technologies, and customer-driven product development.

Responsibilities

  • Lead hardware design and system engineering activities for next-generation artificial intelligence server and rack-scale platforms.
  • Drive root cause analysis and resolution of complex hardware, firmware, and system-level integration challenges throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Partner with architecture, design, validation, product quality, and GPU partners to translate customer and business requirements into scalable hardware solutions.
  • Collaborate with original design manufacturer and joint design manufacturer partners, as well as global engineering teams, to support platform development, validation, and manufacturing readiness.
  • Communicate technical strategy, design tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to engineering teams, business partners, and leadership stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance available.
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