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- Type
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Join a team building useful software. Work closely with engineering and design to turn new ideas into products.
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Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer (Modular Data Center Architecture)
- Type
- Full time
- Compensation
- USD 176000 - USD 242000
- Posted
- 3H AGO
About the role
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.
Join us and help build the future of enterprise technology.
Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer, Modular Data Center Architecture
Mechanical Engineering leads and delivers the development of innovative and compliant mechanical design solutions. Our team conducts the analysis, feasibility studies and testing of mechanical products, instruments, subassemblies and packaging for new and existing products – and then oversees the introduction of design changes to the manufacturing organizations.
What you’ll achieve:
As a Senior Principal Engineer, you will lead the development of next-generation modular data center solutions that power some of the world's most advanced artificial intelligence and high-performance computing environments. Partnering with customers, engineering leaders, and technology innovators, you will drive breakthroughs across power, cooling, rack-scale infrastructure, and facility design. Your work will shape scalable, efficient, and sustainable data center architectures that enable the future of accelerated computing.
Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Senior Principal Engineer on our Mechanical Engineering team in either Hopkinton, Massachusetts or Austin, Texas (relocation available).
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
- 15+ years of experience, or equivalent skill, with data center infrastructure, including modular data center design, power distribution, thermal management, cooling technologies, and facility infrastructure
- Deep expertise designing and delivering modular or prefabricated data center solutions for large-scale computing environments
- Proven ability to translate customer requirements into innovative end-to-end infrastructure architectures from concept through deployment
- Strong customer-facing experience with exceptional communication skills and a track record of influencing senior executives, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders
- Demonstrated success developing power- and cooling-centric solutions for artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, or other high-density computing environments
Desirable Requirements
- Experience influencing industry standards, technical roadmaps, or strategic partnerships related to data center infrastructure, cooling technologies, or power systems
- Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field
Compensation
Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position is $176,000-$242,000
You Will
- Architect next-generation modular data center solutions spanning servers, integrated rack systems, power distribution, liquid cooling, heat rejection, and facility infrastructure
- Translate complex customer requirements into innovative, scalable architectures that advance artificial intelligence and high-performance computing deployments
- Drive power and cooling innovation for increasingly dense computing environments, enabling greater performance, efficiency, and sustainability at scale
- Provide technical leadership across mechanical, thermal, electrical, and controls engineering disciplines while guiding cross-functional teams and strategic partners
- Influence product roadmaps and infrastructure strategy through executive engagement, customer collaboration, and partnerships with suppliers and original design manufacturers
Job function: Engineering Research & Development
Requisition type: Regular
Workplace address: US MA Hopkinton-176 South Street, 176 South Street, Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA, 01748, US
Total Compensation Range: USD 176000 - USD 242000
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