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[Apply on Dell Technologies’s careers site →](https://iawmqy.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/300870) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Dell Technologies](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/dell-technologies/) / Senior Principal AI Performance Architect ## Job description ### SUMMARY Senior Principal AI Performance Architect Dell's Client Product Group (CPG) is looking for a Senior Principal AI System Performance Architect to join the Thermal, Power, Performance, and Acoustics (TPPA) team in Austin, TX. You will drive system-level performance decisions across Dell's client PC portfolio, balancing performance, power efficiency, thermals, acoustics, and user experience with our silicon, OS, and ODM partners. In this role you will focus on forward-looking performance: forecasting platform targets, competitive shifts, and workload bottlenecks before product definition locks, and working with marketing and product teams on target-setting and positioning. What you'll achieve Dell's Engineering Mission is to deliver differentiated and disruptive products, experiences, and solutions that excite our sales teams, stun our competition, and delight our customers. Dell supports continued learning through tools and courses that build functional, technical, and leadership skills. ## Responsibilities You will: Forecast performance targets and competitive positioning for your line of business (LOB) before product definition, and set LOB-specific hardware targets - Lead the forward-looking dialogue with silicon, OS, ISV, and ODM partners - Collaborate with architecture, thermal, firmware, OS, and software teams from preconcept through production - Use and validate AI-augmented workflows for benchmarking, analysis, and performance tooling - Analyze system bottlenecks across performance, power efficiency, thermals, acoustics, and battery life ## Qualifications ### Essential Requirements - Strong understanding of system-level trade-offs across performance, power, thermals, acoustics, and user experience Experience triaging performance bottlenecks across hardware, firmware, OS, and application layers - Proven ability to forecast performance trends from silicon, OS, and ecosystem roadmaps - Ability to make data-based trade-off decisions and explain them to technical and non-technical audiences - Strong communicator with a customer-first mindset; experience influencing cross-functional and senior stakeholders Desirable Requirements BS in Computer Engineering (or a related field), with 10+ years of experience in system performance engineering Experience implementing machine-learning-based performance policies Hands-on experience with control frameworks, OS scheduling, and ETW/WPA trace analysis Experience with competitive benchmarking across PC platforms Who we are We believe that each of us has the power to make an impact. That is why we put our team members at the center of everything we do. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds and most advanced technology in the industry, we are 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. ### Application closing date 01/30/2027 Dell Technologies is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Read the full Equal Employment Opportunity Policy on the Dell Technologies careers site. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 29, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Nov 2, 2026 - Last checked: Nov 2, 2026 - Listed for: 4 days - Location: Austin, TX, United States - Work arrangement: On-site - Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Dell Technologies’s careers site →](https://iawmqy.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/300870) ## Hiring at Dell Technologies - Open jobs: 455 - New in the last 7 days: After two weekly collections - Tracked since: Jul 10, 2026 [All Dell Technologies jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/dell-technologies/) · [Weekly hiring report](/reports/hiring/) ## More jobs at Dell Technologies ### [Principal AI Performance Architect](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/dell-technologies/jobs/6b82b7d8fdfa8288b40c/) Austin, TX, United States ### [AI Performance Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/dell-technologies/jobs/23ea6d5d86b7c2200f15/) Austin, TX, United States ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Sr Principal Architect- HW Performance](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/ee76f8fcdf9e05f0701f/) JPMorganChase · Seattle, WA, United States ### [Principal Performance Architect](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/e539b65c15e72d9948f6/) Microsoft · United States, California, Mountain View, Texas, Austin, Washington, Redmond, Sacramento ### [System Performance Architect](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/qualcomm/jobs/30623efc384ca2fc4721/) Qualcomm · San Diego, California, United States of America ### [Systems Engineer Principal – Mission Performance](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/61d2901a119aa5e9c802/) BAE Systems · Aurora, Colorado, United States ### [Systems Engineer Principal – Mission Performance](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/9678270eb239dac84909/) BAE Systems · Broomfield, Colorado, United States OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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