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Principal AI and Machine Learning Engineer
Job details
- Pay
- $172,000 – $349,000 a year
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Staff / principal
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
- Last confirmed open
- Oct 11, 2026
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About this role
Principal AI and Machine Learning Engineer
This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
Who We Are
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next.
We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description
As a key contributor to AI/ML infrastructure initiatives, you will plan, execute, and analyze comprehensive benchmarks on switches, focusing on throughput, latency, congestion, incast, failover, path diversity, and workload performance to ensure optimal AI/ML network operations.
You will be guiding AI/ML workload deployments from initial scoping and test planning through execution and benchmark analysis, ensuring success criteria are met. Your role includes developing AI-driven automation workflows to streamline network development, operations, and implementations.
You will validate switch ASIC features including buffers, schedulers, QoS/queuing, ECMP behavior, telemetry, hashing, traffic distribution, and congestion visibility.
Owning switch OS configuration and automation, you will utilize SONiC, Junos, Ansible, Python, Bash, Git, and related tooling to implement and validate advanced features such as SRv6, segment routing, uSID, Adj-SID, and policy-based pathing as required. You will document PoC architecture, benchmark methodologies, topology diagrams, configurations, results, findings, and recommendations.
This role empowers you to shape the future of AI infrastructure networking by delivering scalable, high-performance, and resilient network fabrics that meet the stringent demands of AI/ML workloads, driving innovation and customer success at < >
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience. Python for automation experience. Experience with L2/L3 network protocols such as BGP, OSPF, EVPN, VxLAN, IPv6 or similar.
Experience with Traffic tools such as Spirent, IXIA or similar. Docker or Kubernetes experience. Experience with network testing and validation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Clear written and verbal communication skills as well as documentation skills.
- SONiC, Junos, Linux or other open source network operating systems experience.
- Deep understanding of Leaf-spine fabric and troubleshooting them.
- Experience with Apstra and related automation tools for provisioning, managing and troubleshooting the fabric.
- Experience handling complex network segmentation, security policies, and multi-site fabric designs.
- Experience with RDMA, RoCEv2, PFC, ECN, congestion control, QoS, buffer behavior, and lossless Ethernet concepts.
Accessibility
HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here .
Note
This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.
What We Can Offer You
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs.
We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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Job:
Engineering Job Level:
TCP_05
"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. – United States of America: Annual Salary USD 172,000 - 349,000 in California The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."
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