Senior Principal Systems Thermal Engineer AI Infrastructure

Dell Technologies

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Work type
On-site
Location
Austin, TXHopkinton, MA
Salary
$124,000–$242,000 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Nov 30, 2026

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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 Systems Thermal Engineer AI Infrastructure

As a Senior Principal Systems Thermal Engineer AI Infrastructure on the Thermal Engineering team, you will lead the architecture, integration, and validation of server, rack, and cluster-scale solutions. You will be responsible for developing next-generation cooling technologies, including air and liquid-cooled designs such as cold plates, CDUs, manifolds, and rack cooling systems. The role involves driving platform readiness from development through deployment while managing customer escalations and field quality investigations. To succeed, you must possess deep expertise in thermal management, infrastructure engineering, and hardware development for AI and HPC environments. You will utilize skills in CFD modeling with tools like Icepak, FloTHERM, or Star-CCM+ to solve complex cooling challenges for data center customers. This role addresses the critical technical challenge of maintaining reliable thermal performance for high-performance computing and accelerator architectures at scale.

What you'll do

  • Lead the architecture, integration, and validation of AI server, rack, and cluster-scale solutions.
  • Drive platform readiness from initial development through deployment and sustaining engineering phases.
  • Manage customer escalations, deployment assessments, and field quality investigations.
  • Partner with thermal and mechanical teams to optimize air and liquid cooled AI platforms.
  • Support direct liquid cooling technologies including cold plates, CDUs, manifolds, and rack systems.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and corrective actions to influence technical direction across organizations.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Systems, Thermal Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 12+ years of experience in systems engineering, hardware development, platform architecture, or infrastructure engineering.
  • Deep expertise in server, storage, networking, power, rack-scale infrastructure, and thermal management technologies.
  • Proven track record leading cross-functional engineering programs, system integration, validation, qualification, and deployment efforts.
  • Strong customer and executive engagement skills to drive root cause analysis and influence technical direction.
  • Master’s degree in Mechanical, Thermal, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline (preferred).
  • Experience in AI/HPC infrastructure, hyperscale datacenter deployments, and accelerator architectures (preferred).
  • Expertise in thermal and reliability engineering, including CFD modeling, direct liquid cooling, and failure analysis (preferred).

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