Firmware Senior Principal Engineer – System Development

Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) builds the products that power infrastructure, solutions, and data management our customers need most. Our teams design and develop the hardware and software that connect infrastructure, accelerate computational workloads, integrate across the stack, protect data continuity, and deliver the platforms, applications, and diagnostics our customers rely on every day at enterprise scale.

Some product builders follow the rules. Ours rewrite them.

Within ISG, innovation isn't just about creating new technology- it's about challenging assumptions and reimagining how work gets done. Engineers define intent, author precise specifications, and orchestrate AI agents that execute at speed and scale. AI is embedded throughout our development process, helping us move faster, learn quicker, and deliver greater impact. Yet the most important contribution remains uniquely human: deciding what to build, designing how it should work, and applying the judgment needed to earn our customers' trust. When your products power critical infrastructure around the world, that responsibility matters.

We move quickly toward the work that matters most. We reward experimentation, encourage bold thinking, and remove unnecessary barriers so great ideas can become reality faster. Our teams embrace a customer-first, first-to-market mindset, transforming rapid feedback into better products and better outcomes. We aren't looking for people who are content with the status quo- we look for builders who question it, improve it, and occasionally rewrite it.

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.

Firmware Senior Principal Systems Development Engineer

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Join us as a Senior Principal System Development Engineer on our Network HW Engineering team in Santa Clara, CA or Austin, TX to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.

What you’ll achieve

As a Firmware Senior Principal Systems Development Engineer, you will be part of the end-to-end development of next-generation Network L10 switches and L11 rack-level solutions for hyperscale, cloud, and AI infrastructure. Working in a fast-paced environment where innovation, technical leadership, and execution excellence are highly valued, you will drive product strategy, architecture, and delivery from concept through production. You will collaborate across hardware, firmware, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to develop scalable, high-performance networking solutions while ensuring alignment with business objectives, customer requirements, and technology roadmaps.

You will:

• Lead the FW/Diag end-to-end development of Network L10 switch platforms and L11 rack-level solutions, driving product architecture, qualification, production readiness, and sustaining activities
• Provide technical leadership for system integration across hardware, firmware, software, cabling, optics, power, thermal, and rack infrastructure to deliver scalable, high-performance networking solutions
• Own, develop, and review Diags, ONIE, BMC, BIOS, and platform management specifications, ensuring alignment with product requirements, quality standards, and supportability objectives
• Define and drive validation, test, and integration strategies for system software and hardware components, resolving complex cross-functional issues throughout the product lifecycle
• Partner with engineering teams, ODMs, suppliers, manufacturing, and business stakeholders to manage risks, influence technology roadmaps, accelerate time-to-market, and deliver successful networking products

Take the first step towards your dream career

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• 13+ years of experience developing Diags, ONIE, BMC, BIOS/UEFI, and platform firmware for networking switch products, including 100G, 400G, 800G, and 1.6T Ethernet platforms

• Strong expertise in embedded software and firmware development, including operating systems, device drivers, platform management, networking protocols, and system-level software architecture

• Deep knowledge of platform security technologies and secure development practices, including PFR, RoT/eROT, Secure Boot, code signing, threat modelling, and SDL methodologies

• Proven ability to architect, develop, debug, and optimize complex, scalable software solutions, while providing technical leadership and mentoring across cross-functional engineering teams

• Expert-level experience with UEFI/EDK II architecture, Broadcom SDKs, PHY drivers, and networking switch platforms, with a strong understanding of system integration, platform bring-up, and deployment within enterprise and hyperscale environments

Desirable Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

• Ability to lead, motivate and direct a workgroup; capability to influence others to achieve results

Compensation

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $172k - $237k.

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