Software Principal Engineer- System Test & Platform Validation (SONiC AI & Enterprise Networking)
Dell Technologies1 day ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Drive board bring-up and platform qualification across BMC, Dell iDRAC-based, and non-iDRAC-based systems with ODM and OEM partners.
- Validate optics, cables, transceivers, sensors, link bring-up, signal integrity, FEC errors, BER, and DOM readings up to 1.6T.
- Test platform stability, performance, reliability, thermal and power behavior, operational readiness, UDS, stress, longevity, failover, recovery, and fault injection across air-cooled and DLC architectures.
- Validate platform security through threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, CVE remediation, secure boot, PFR, firmware and image integrity checks, security scans, and platform hardening.
- Develop test plans, test cases, and Python and SpyTest automation; analyze logs, telemetry, diagnostics, and packet captures to triage and close field escapes.
- Work with platform, firmware, and hardware teams to deliver reliable, secure, production-ready SONiC platforms.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering in CSE, ECE, EEE, IT, Computer Networks, Cloud Computing, or equivalent.
- Functional knowledge of platform features, UDS validation, board bring-up, hardware diagnostics, BIOS/UEFI, CPLD, switch ASICs, SerDes, I2C/SMBus, power, thermal systems, and BMC management.
- Experience validating optics, cables, transceivers, DAC, AOC, QSFP-DD, OSFP, DOM, and BER up to 1.6T.
- Strong Python and test automation skills with SpyTest, CI/CD, traffic generator testing, packet analysis, telemetry, and northbound interfaces.
- Knowledge of Layer 2/3 networking, BGP, VXLAN-EVPN, ECMP, QoS, RoCE, high availability, rack-level compute integration, secure boot, PFR, image integrity, and vulnerability management.
- Desirable experience with SONiC, SDD/TDD, security scanning and network analysis tools, AI agents and AI-assisted workflows, UALink, and Ultra Ethernet.
About Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies builds PCs, monitors, and peripherals for consumers and enterprises, and provides servers, storage, networking, and edge solutions for data centers. It sells hardware, software, and support services through direct, channel, and online models to organizations of all sizes and the public sector. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Round Rock, Texas, it includes the former EMC storage business and operates globally across client computing and infrastructure markets.