Principal Engineer, AI, HPC & Storage Deployment

Dell Technologies

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Work type
On-site
Location
Round Rock, TXHopkinton, MA
Salary
$157,000–$203,000 / yr
Posted
today
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Nov 30, 2026

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About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies is a US-based technology company that designs and sells PCs, servers, storage and networking hardware, along with related software and IT services. Its product lines include the XPS, Latitude and Alienware PCs and the PowerEdge server and PowerStore storage families.

Dell Technologies currently has 102 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer, AI, HPC & Storage Deployment

The Principal Engineer - AI, HPC & Storage Deployment joins the Systems Development Engineering team to serve as a hands-on technical leader for the deployment, validation, and stabilization of advanced data center solutions. This role involves triaging, debugging, and deploying complex Server, Storage, and HPC system architectures. The engineer will perform issue resolution at factory integration sites, support lab builds and customer evaluations, and manage Dell Services escalation resolutions. Key responsibilities include ensuring complex solutions achieve customer productivity within committed timelines. The ideal candidate possesses over eight years of experience in hardware design, system architecture, or systems engineering. Required skills include debugging complex compute and networking architectures, factory integration, system validation, and large-scale solution rollouts for AI and enterprise data center systems.

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What you'll do

  • Triage, debug, and deploy Server, Storage, and HPC system architectures and solutions.
  • Perform debugging and issue resolution at factory integration sites for Dell and third-party partners.
  • Resolve high-level Dell Services escalations as needed.
  • Support lab builds and customer evaluations for new technologies.
  • Lead the deployment, validation, and stabilization of advanced data center solutions.
  • Ensure complex solutions achieve customer productivity within committed timelines.
  • Manage in-rack and data center-scale system installation, configuration, and validation.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in hardware design, system architecture, or systems engineering.
  • Strong background in deploying and debugging complex compute and networking architectures.
  • Proven experience in the design and deployment of solution-level AI and enterprise Server/Storage/HPC data center systems.
  • Familiarity with factory integration, system validation, and large-scale solution rollouts.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work with customers, partners, and internal teams.
  • Hands-on experience with in-rack and data center-scale systems, including installation, configuration, and validation (preferred).
  • Previous customer-facing technical roles in deployment, escalation, field engineering, or solution architecture (preferred).

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