Software Principal Engineer
Dell Technologies1 day ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Drive board bring-up and platform qualification across BMC-based, 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, UDS, stress, longevity, failover, recovery, and fault injection across air-cooled and direct liquid-cooled architectures.
- Validate threat modeling, vulnerabilities, CVE remediation, secure boot, PFR, firmware and image integrity, security scans, and platform hardening.
- Create test plans and cases using SDD/TDD, Python, SpyTest automation, and AI-assisted workflows.
- Analyze logs, telemetry, diagnostics, and packet captures to triage and close field escapes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering in CSE, ECE, EEE, IT, Computer Networks, Cloud Computing, or an equivalent qualification.
- Functional knowledge of platform features, UDS validation, board bring-up, hardware diagnostics, BIOS/UEFI, CPLD, switch ASICs, SerDes, I2C/SMBus, power, thermal behavior, and BMC management.
- Experience validating optics, cables, transceivers, DAC, AOC, QSFP-DD, OSFP, DOM, and BER analysis 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, SpyTest, SDD/TDD, security scanning and network analysis tools such as OpenSCAP, Nessus, Qualys, Trivy, OpenVAS, Lynis, and Nmap.
- Desirable experience building or using AI agents and AI-assisted workflows with tools such as Claude, Devin, and GitHub Copilot, plus exposure to UALink and Ultra Ethernet.
Benefits
- The position is based in Chennai, India.
- Applications close on 16/11/2026.
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.