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Thermal Senior Engineer

The ISG Thermal Engineering team leads and delivers the development of innovative and compliant thermal design solutions, as well as cross-functional interfaces for AI, Cloud, High Performance Computing (HPC), Edge computing devices and enterprise networking, server and storage products. Our team conducts feasibility studies, testing and analysis of thermal solutions, subassemblies and packaging for new and existing products.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Thermal Senior Engineer on our Client Product Group team in Round Rock, Texas.

What you'll achieve

As a Thermal Senior Engineer, you'll be responsible for building new processes and infrastructure to develop custom thermal solutions in Dell products. This role requires a deep understanding of heat transfer principles of air and liquid cooling solutions, experience with system-level interactions in IT equipment, and the application of these skills to ensure the reliability and performance of our products.

You will:

• Utilize complex requirements from customers and vendors create custom cooling solutions
• Collaborate with adjacent thermal engineering teams to incorporate new commodities and custom thermal controls into larger Dell portfolio
• Develop thermal validation tools, processes, automation, and infrastructure for a global team of system engineers
• Create software and simulation tools to assess thermal feasibility of non-roadmap commodities

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:

• Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including mechanical, electrical, and software engineers, to develop integrated solutions
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering, preferably with focus on thermal design
• Understanding of thermal engineering principles and practices within a professional discipline
• Familiarity with thermal management of CPUs, GPUs, NICs, and other hardware
• Scripting experience in Bash and/or Python

Desirable Requirements:

• Familiarity with air and liquid cooling thermal solutions in servers
• Experience working in thermal design with MCAD tools

Compensation:

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The total TTC (Total Target Compensation) for this position is $109,600-$150,700.

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. 
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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