Software Principal Engineer - System Test, Hardware & Firmware Validation (SONiC AI & Enterprise Networking)
Dell Technologies · Posted Nov 10, 2026
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- On-site
- Full-time · Senior
- 5+ years
Lead validation of hardware and firmware for SONiC-based networking platforms, ensuring reliability, security, and performance across diverse environments.
Responsibilities
- Validate ONIE, BIOS/UEFI, BMC/OpenBMC, CPLD, POST, and platform management
- Execute stability, longevity, failover, recovery, and upgrade/downgrade loops
- Perform security validation including secure boot, PFR, firmware integrity, CVE assessment
- Partner with ODM and OEM teams on firmware releases and vendor quality management
- Analyze firmware logs, telemetry, diagnostics, and crash dumps
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (CSE, ECE, EEE, IT, Computer Networks, Cloud Computing)
- Nice to have: SpyTest
- Nice to have: CI/CD workflows
- Nice to have: OpenSCAP
- Nice to have: Nessus