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# Senior Principal Engineer, Hardware Engineering - AI Server Systems

- **Company:** Dell Technologies Inc.
- **Location:** Round Rock, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $176,000.0 - $242,000.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Big Data, Computer Engineering, Firmware, Hardware Design, Systems Integration, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), High Performance Computing, AI Platforms
- **Published:** October 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/28145600/Senior-Principal-Engineer-Hardware-Engineering-Ai-Server-Systems-Texas-Round-Rock-1312

## About the Role

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., * 12+ years of hardware engineering experience, or equivalent skill, with a proven track record of delivering complex server and platform solutions

 * Experience in hardware design and integration of server enclosures, including processing, storage, and input/output subsystems, while balancing mechanical, power, and thermal requirements
 * Prior background in 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
 * Proven ability to collaborate and influence across global engineering teams, original design manufacturer and joint design manufacturer partners, and manufacturing organizations

Desirable

 * 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

## Description

As a Senior Principal Engineer, Hardware Engineer on the AI Platforms and Rack Scale Infrastructure team you will architect and develop next-generation AI server and rack-scale platforms. In this role, you will provide technical leadership across complex hardware development efforts, drive system-level problem solving, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions that power advanced AI workloads. You will work alongside electrical, firmware, mechanical, thermal, power, and manufacturing teams to influence product direction, resolve challenging technical issues, and help deliver industry-leading AI platforms for strategic customers., You Will:

 * 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 (graphics processing unit) 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