Technical Staff, Platform Architect

Technical Staff, Platform Architect

From applied research to advanced engineering, the Engineering Technologist team has the expertise to shape ground-breaking products, material and processes. It’s a fascinating field of work. We’re involved in assessing the competition, developing technology and product strategies and generating intellectual property. We lead technology investigations, analyze industry capabilities and recommend potential acquisitions or vendor partner opportunities. Our insights influence product architecture and definitions. And we work with colleagues across the business to ensure our products always lead the way.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Technical Staff, Platform Architect on our Engineering Technologist Team in or Austin, Texas, Seattle, Washington or Santa Clara, California.

What you’ll achieve

As a Technical Staff, Platform Architect, you will have the opportunity to collaborate on the architecture of next generation large scale AI Infrastructure including accelerated compute, AI fabrics and AI optimized storage.  In addition to AI IT technologies, this role will leverage state-of-the-art rack and data center power solutions and innovative liquid cooling technologies. As part of an advanced technology pod, you will define long-term technology strategies utilizing information from CTO, marketing, development, manufacturing, procurement, customers and industry.

You will:

• Engage with high profile partners/customers to drive innovation at the datacenter and platform level
• Provide expertise on multiple technologies and shape future products 
• Participate in strategic internal and industry forums and be a point of escalation for critical development issues
• Generate Intellectual Property including invention disclosures
• Maintain multi-year roadmaps detailing feature trade-offs and host regular technology reviews to ensure roadmap and Dell business objectives alignment

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

• 15+ years of related hardware industry experience or equivalent skill; experience with HPC (high-performance compute) clusters, AI compute and/or storage platforms highly desired
• Solid understanding of computer architecture to include Central Processing Unit (CPU) accelerators, networking, storage and benchmarking
• Ability to develop technical relationships with the vendor base for core technology or solutions to drive requirements into next generation vendor designs. 
• Experience identifying, developing and communicating differentiation opportunities and providing recommendations to marketing, procurement, engineering, customers and business executives
• Ability to understand business needs while developing technical solutions; need to be able to travel 20%-30% to assess customer requirements and develop blueprints based on geographical area

Desirable Requirements

• Software experience

Compensation: Dell is committed to Fair and Equitable compensation practices. The Salary Range for this role in is $216,750.00 to $323,000.00.

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

Who we are

We believe that each of us has the power to make an impact. That’s why we put our team members at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds and most advanced tech in the industry, we’re looking for you.

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live and play. Join us to build a future that works for everyone because Progress Takes All of Us.

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