Software Principal Engineer
Dell Technologies1 day ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Drive board bring-up and platform qualification with ODM and OEM partners across BMC, Dell iDRAC-based, and non-iDRAC-based systems.
- Validate optics, cables, transceivers, sensors, link bring-up, signal integrity, FEC errors, BER, and DOM readings up to 1.6T.
- Validate platform stability, performance, reliability, thermal and power behavior, operational readiness, UDS, stress, longevity, failover, recovery, and fault injection across air-cooled and direct liquid-cooled architectures.
- Validate platform security through threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, CVE remediation, secure boot, PFR, firmware and image integrity, security scans, and platform hardening.
- Develop automated test plans and cases with Python, SpyTest, spec-driven/test-driven development, 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 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-based 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, SpyTest, SDD/TDD, security and network analysis tools including 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.
- Exposure to UALink and Ultra Ethernet is desirable.
Benefits
- Full-time role based in Chennai, India.
- Application closing date: 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.