Software Engineer 2

Dell Technologies•Hopkinton, MA

23h•$122,000 - $158,000

About The Position

The Software Engineer 2 joins Dell Technologies’ Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), which builds products for infrastructure, solutions, and data management. The role is based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and Round Rock, Texas, and focuses on designing, developing, and integrating embedded firmware for enterprise server system management subsystems. The goal is to deliver scalable, high-performance, and secure solutions. The engineer embeds security throughout the firmware lifecycle, translating security, risk, and compliance requirements into architecture, designs, implementation plans, and validation strategies. The role also leads firmware integration across hardware generations, supports Agile execution, and performs advanced system-level debugging and root cause analysis to resolve customer, manufacturing, and pre-production issues. The engineer establishes and promotes best practices in secure firmware development, automated validation, and continuous improvement. ISG describes an engineering environment that uses AI throughout the development process, encourages experimentation and bold thinking, and emphasizes customer-focused, rapid product development. Engineers define product intent and specifications, and use AI agents to help execute development work.

Requirements

Firmware and embedded systems development experience, with strong proficiency in C/C++ programming.
Experience developing and supporting Linux-based platforms and embedded environments.
Deep understanding of hardware/software architecture, system interactions, and platform management technologies, including OpenBMC, IPMI, Redfish, and I2C.
Expertise in software engineering best practices, testing, validation, and Agile development.
Experience with tools such as Yocto, BitBake, and JIRA, and AI-assisted development platforms such as Claude/Devin.
Strong system-level debugging, troubleshooting, and security-focused development experience.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and integrate embedded firmware for enterprise server system management subsystems.
Translate security, risk, and compliance requirements into firmware architecture, designs, implementation plans, and validation strategies.
Lead firmware integration across multiple hardware generations.
Drive Agile execution through sprint planning, backlog management, estimation, and delivery.
Perform advanced system-level debugging and root cause analysis to resolve customer, manufacturing, and pre-production issues.
Improve firmware quality, security, and resilience.
Establish and promote best practices in secure firmware development, automated validation, and continuous process improvement.
Enhance code quality, developer productivity, system reliability, and infrastructure security.