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Senior Principal Engineer, Hardware Costing

Dell Technologies
Round Rock, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Jul 2026
💰 $234,000/yr($181,500/yr$234,000/yr)

About the role

Senior Principal Engineer, Value Engineering 

 

With a global remit, our Senior Principal Engineer, Value Engineering professionals lead cross-functional product design teams to develop and introduce game-changing new products and solutions. It’s about making sure we offer customers the right features, experience, quality, schedule, cost, continuity of supply, service capability and financials. And when products and solutions are in development, it’s about driving everything from definition through to planning, development and launch across global development centers and multiple lines of business.  

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact asValue Engineering Senior Principal Engineer (Server)on ourTechnical Program Management team in Round Rock, Texas or Hopkinton, Massachusetts. 

What you’ll achieve 

As a Senior Hardware Cost Engineer, you will drive the development and implementation of new and exciting products and services. Working closely with Engineering, Marketing, Procurement, and Product Management in cross-functional teams, you will manage the entire lifecycle of highly complex, high-risk projects. From design to delivery. 
 
You will: 

•Interface with IT, design business requirements and facilitate business adoption of new infrastructure 
•Understand impact of emerging business trends and their implications for Dell Technologies and its customers 
•Develop common-sense solutions to complex business problems through in-depth investigation, coordination and collaboration with key decision makers 
•Build effective, high-performance core product design teams and provide ongoing feedback to functional management  

 

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 of professional experience in a related field with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering (EE/CE); or 8+ years with a master's degree; or equivalent experience. 
  • 5+ years of experience in product design/engineering. 
  • Proven program management skills. 
  • Strong influencing abilities to guide cross-functional teams effectively. 

 

Desirable Requirements 

  • 5+ years of experience in Procurement and/or Engineering and existing knowledge of overall design cycle, landscape, and driving cross functional alignment 
  • Knowledge of existing electrical and/or mechanical technologies and processes and fundamental understanding of Design for Cost/Value and familiarity with x86 technologies 

 

Compensation

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $181,500 -$234,000.

 

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

 

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