Principal Manufacturing Engineer

Principal Manufacturing Engineer

At Dell Technologies, ground-breaking products are built to the highest design and quality standards.

Manufacturing Engineering is a hub of expertise that is at the heart of bringing our ground-breaking innovations to life. Our team is responsible for developing and supporting advanced manufacturing processes, equipment, automation and test systems that enable the production of liquid-cooled AI solutions at scale.

As our capacity, products and processes continue to rapidly evolve, we are expanding our manufacturing capabilities to support complex AI rack-level integration and liquid cooling test systems. Manufacturing Engineering plays a critical role in delivering safe, scalable and world-class manufacturing operations while driving quality, efficiency and continuous improvement.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Principal Manufacturing Engineer on our Cork Manufacturing Engineering team in Cork.

What you’ll achieve
As a Principal Manufacturing Engineer, you will lead local and global cross-functional teams to develop, deploy, and support manufacturing solutions within Cork Manufacturing Operations. 

As a recognized technical leader, you will drive manufacturing process excellence, industrial engineering, new product introduction, equipment deployment, and capacity planning across complex AI rack assembly and test operations. You will provide technical leadership for both day-to-day manufacturing support and long-term factory development, ensuring safe, scalable, and efficient manufacturing solutions that meet customer and business needs.

You will:

• Lead the introduction of new AI racked server products into manufacturing, ensuring rapid and successful transition from development to volume production.

• Own manufacturing readiness for new products, technologies, equipment, automation, processes, factory layout and capacity, delivering robust and scalable solutions to meet business requirements.

• Provide technical leadership and rapid response for manufacturing, quality, and customer issues, driving effective problem resolution and continuous improvement. 

• Support day-to-day manufacturing operations, working closely with Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain to achieve customer, quality, cost, and delivery objectives.

• Serve as the technical authority for manufacturing processes, factory performance, industrial engineering, capacity planning, and operational scalability.

• Lead the development and deployment of innovative manufacturing solutions that improve productivity, quality, capacity, efficiency, and operational performance.

• Develop manufacturing strategies, investment roadmaps, manufacturing layouts, and capacity plans aligned with business growth, product technology transitions, and future manufacturing requirements.

• Influence strategic investment decisions, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers while fostering technical excellence across the organization.

• Apply structured problem-solving, quality, lean manufacturing, and project management methodologies to drive operational excellence and business results.

• Lead cross-functional teams through complex manufacturing challenges, demonstrating urgency, accountability, and effective decision-making.

• Other engineering duties as required and assigned.

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

• Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline

• 10+ years of manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, process engineering or related experience.

• Experience supporting manufacturing operations within a high-volume, technically complex environment.

• Proven problem-solving capability using structured methodologies and data-driven decision making.

• Experience in manufacturing process development, equipment deployment, capacity planning and factory optimization.

• Demonstrated expertise in manufacturing process design, line balancing, capacity modeling, factory layout optimization, and productivity improvements.

• Experience leading large-scale manufacturing transformations, capacity expansion programs, or optimization initiatives.

• Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional engineering teams and projects.

• Proven ability to influence senior leadership and drive enterprise-wide engineering strategies.

• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.

• Proven ability to make sound technical decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, balancing customer, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable Requirements

• Professional certification in Project Management (PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent)
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt or equivalent certification
• Experience supporting the introduction and scale-up of complex manufacturing processes.
• Experience developing manufacturing strategies and processes for high-mix, low-volume and configurable products.
• Experience with automation, digital manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and manufacturing analytics.
• Experience working across global engineering and manufacturing organizations
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical capability development initiatives.

Here’s our story; now tell us yours

Dell Technologies helps organizations and individuals build a brighter digital tomorrow. Our company is made up of more than 150,000 people, located in over 180 locations around the world. We’re proud to be a diverse and inclusive team and have an endless passion for our mission to drive human progress.

What’s most important to us is that you are respected, feel like you can be yourself and have the opportunity to do the best work of your life -- while still having a life. We offer excellent benefits, bonus programs, flexible work arrangements, a variety of career development opportunities, employee resource groups, and much more.

We started with computers, but we didn’t stop there. We are helping customers move into the future with multi-cloud, AI and machine learning through the most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era. Join us and become a part of what’s next in technology, starting today.

You can also learn more about us by reading our latest Diversity and Inclusion Report and our plan to make the world a better place by 2030 here.

Application closing date: 13 November 2026

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