Senior Principal AI Performance Architect

Dell Technologies

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On-site
Location
Austin, TX
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$199,750–$258,500 / yr
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5 days ago
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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Principal AI Performance Architect

The Senior Principal AI Performance Architect joins the Thermal, Power, Performance, and Acoustics team within the Client Product Group. In this role, you will drive system-level performance decisions across the client PC portfolio by balancing performance, power efficiency, thermals, acoustics, and user experience. You will forecast platform targets, identify workload bottlenecks before product definition, and lead dialogues with silicon, OS, ISV, and ODM partners. Daily responsibilities include collaborating with architecture, firmware, and software teams from preconcept through production. You will utilize AI-augmented workflows for benchmarking and analysis while triaging bottlenecks across hardware, firmware, OS, and application layers. Required skills include experience with control frameworks, OS scheduling, and ETW/WPA trace analysis to manage complex system-level trade-offs and competitive benchmarking across various PC platforms.

What you'll do

  • Forecast performance targets and competitive positioning for the line of business before product definition.
  • Set specific hardware targets for the line of business.
  • Lead forward-looking technical dialogues with silicon, OS, ISV, and ODM partners.
  • Use and validate AI-augmented workflows for benchmarking, analysis, and performance tooling.
  • Analyze system bottlenecks across performance, power efficiency, thermals, acoustics, and battery life.
  • Triage performance bottlenecks across hardware, firmware, OS, and application layers.
  • Make data-based trade-off decisions and explain them to technical and non-technical audiences.

What we're looking for

  • Strong understanding of system-level trade-offs across performance, power, thermals, acoustics, and user experience.
  • Experience triaging performance bottlenecks across hardware, firmware, OS, and application layers.
  • Proven ability to forecast performance trends from silicon, OS, and ecosystem roadmaps.
  • Ability to make data-based trade-off decisions and explain them to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong communicator with experience influencing cross-functional and senior stakeholders.
  • BS in Computer Engineering or a related field with 10+ years of experience in system performance engineering (preferred).
  • Experience implementing machine-learning-based performance policies (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with control frameworks, OS scheduling, and ETW/WPA trace analysis (preferred).

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