Software Principal Engineer

Essential Requirements:

Responsibilities

• Join us as a Software Principal Engineer in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and Round Rock, Texas to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.
• Design, develop, and integrate embedded firmware for enterprise server system management subsystems, delivering scalable, high-performance, and secure solutions
• Embed security across the firmware lifecycle by translating security, risk, and compliance requirements into architecture, designs, implementation plans, and validation strategies
• Lead firmware integration across multiple hardware generations while driving Agile execution through sprint planning, backlog management, estimation, and delivery
• Perform advanced system-level debugging and root cause analysis to resolve customer, manufacturing, and pre-production issues, improving firmware quality, security, and resilience
• Establish and promote best practices in secure firmware development, automated validation, and continuous process improvement to enhance code quality, developer productivity, system reliability, and infrastructure security

What you’ll achieve

Qualifications

• Take the first step towards your dream career
• Firmware and embedded systems development with strong proficiency in C/C++ programming
• Experience developing and supporting Linux-based platforms and embedded environments
• Deep understanding of hardware/software architecture, system interactions, and platform management technologies (OpenBMC, IPMI, Redfish, I2C)
• Expertise in software engineering best practices, testing, validation, Agile development, and tools such as Yocto, BitBake, JIRA, and AI-assisted development platforms (Claude/Devin)
• Strong system-level debugging, troubleshooting, and security-focused development experience
• Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $182k - $236k.
• Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies
• Your life. Your health. Supported by your benefits. You can explore the overall benefits experience that awaits you as a Dell Technologies team member — right now at MyWellatDell.com