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Dell Technologies · 1 day ago

Principal Software Engineer Systems Engineer (Hopkinton, MA)

positionHopkinton, Massachusetts, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$200K/yr - $230K/yr
date8+ years exp
Dell Technologies is a company that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live, and play. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to contribute to their software engineering team, focusing on enterprise-grade storage systems. The role involves managing lab operations, debugging networking issues, and maintaining system settings for storage appliance clusters.
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Responsibilities

Manage lab operations to support performance testing, customer failure replication, network configuration and hardware component qualification
Debug networking issues
Maintain system settings and security adherence including BIOS, firmware and OS components
Load, configure, test and support unstructured storage appliance clusters
Qualify hardware components (drives, cables, etc.), firmware and/or software
Physically install and set up hardware in Massachusetts labs (Hopkinton and Franklin)

Qualification

Network configuration expertiseLinux systems exposureScripting experienceHardware system proficiencyFault tolerant systems experienceRoot cause analysisBIOSFirmware updatesIntel architecture knowledgeInformation analysis

Required

Network configuration expertise (Layer 2 GbE)
Network issue root cause analysis expertise
Exposure to Linux systems (SUSE and/or FreeBSD a plus)
Proficiency in hardware system environments
Familiarity with updating system components (BIOS, Firmware, OS)
Scripting experience (Python preferred)
8+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 5+ years with a Master's degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent experience

Preferred

Network configuration expertise (Layer 3 GbE)
Network configuration expertise (Infiniband)
Experience with fault tolerant and highly available systems
Drive (HDD and SSD) experience
Ability to analyze information and draw accurate conclusions
Solid knowledge and application of engineering concepts
Knowledge of Intel based architecture

Benefits

Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies

Company

Dell Technologies

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Dell Technologies provides essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future.
dateFounded in 2016
location
Round Rock, Texas, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.delltechnologies.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.5B
2025-09-27Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
2018-12-28IPO

Leadership Team

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Todd Edmunds
Global CTO Smart Manufacturing, Edge Compute and Digital Twin
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