Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - FPGA Development
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jun 23, 2026. Dell Technologies scores A on the Alion truth index.
Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) builds the products that power infrastructure, solutions, and data management our customers need most. Our teams design and develop the hardware and software that connect infrastructure, accelerate computational workloads, integrate across the stack, protect data continuity, and deliver the platforms, applications, and diagnostics our customers rely on every day at enterprise scale.
Some product builders follow the rules. Ours rewrite them.
Within ISG, innovation isn't just about creating new technology- it's about challenging assumptions and reimagining how work gets done. Engineers define intent, author precise specifications, and orchestrate AI agents that execute at speed and scale. AI is embedded throughout our development process, helping us move faster, learn quicker, and deliver greater impact. Yet the most important contribution remains uniquely human: deciding what to build, designing how it should work, and applying the judgment needed to earn our customers' trust. When your products power critical infrastructure around the world, that responsibility matters.
We move quickly toward the work that matters most. We reward experimentation, encourage bold thinking, and remove unnecessary barriers so great ideas can become reality faster. Our teams embrace a customer-first, first-to-market mindset, transforming rapid feedback into better products and better outcomes. We aren't looking for people who are content with the status quo- we look for builders who question it, improve it, and occasionally rewrite it.
If you're energized by solving complex systems challenges, excited to work alongside AI to amplify your impact, and motivated by the opportunity to shape what's next instead of simply maintaining what's been done before, you'll find your place here.
Join us and help build the future of enterprise technology as a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer on our FPGA Team in Round Rock, Texas.
Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - FPGA Development
Our FPGA development team puts the spark into the full FPGA development lifecycle, from concept to production. It takes experts in system architecture definition, RTL design, synthesis, timing analysis, prototyping, sourcing, and the debugging and validation of FPGA implementations to deliver state-of-the-art products for a changing world. We work closely with hardware/firmware designers, cross-functional teams within Dell Technologies, and suppliers to ensure FPGA designs meet a range of requirements, including schedule, feature set, functionality, and quality, as well as compliance with industry standards.
What you’ll achieve
As a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer in our Global Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) team, you will be responsible for delivering new Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) technologies and logic solutions that scale across our next-generation enterprise portfolio. You will collaborate with a deeply technical and dynamic team of electrical and firmware engineers as well as cross-functional global teams, to innovate and deliver game-changing products and solutions in our server marketspace.
You will:
- Collaborate with other architects to design the next-generation hardware features in partnership with front end teams and industry partners; drive feature and cost trade-off analysis to provide technical recommendations
- Provide design direction to enable and support global teams; design, develop and implement cost effective methods of testing and troubleshooting systems and equipment
- Mentor team members across global teams
- Define and optimize development processes using the latest development tools and approaches
- Prepare documentation for inspection/testing procedures, review and direct designs to ensure the highest quality designs
Take the first step towards your dream career
Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:
Essential Requirements
- 12+ years’ industry experience in related roles or have equivalent skill; must include product development experience from early concept through production
- Advanced understanding of FPGA technologies, appropriate system architectures, Verilog/System Verilog and hardware description language (HDL) coding practices
- Expertise in design, register-transfer level (RTL) design and simulation test benches
- Strong fundamentals in both analog and digital design practices with desire to share knowledge and mentor others
- Deep knowledge of hardware and software interactions, and ability to apply this understanding to resolve issues
Desirable Requirements
- Strong background in x86/ARM architectures with hands-on experience using FPGA and verification toolchains (Lattice/Xilinx/Altera, Synopsys VCS), scripting languages (Python/Batch), and Git-based workflow management
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development, including AI-driven HDL coding, machine-learning-based verification to boost simulation and test coverage, and AI-optimized FPGA design workflows
Compensation
Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $174k - $225k.
Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies
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