Principal Engineer Jobs in Texas
Principal Engineer jobs in Texas are in strong demand, with active hiring concentrated in energy, defense, semiconductor manufacturing, and enterprise technology across a wide seniority range from mid-career to distinguished technical fellow. The largest hiring markets are Houston, Austin, and Dallas-Fort Worth, where employers like ExxonMobil, Texas Instruments, and Raytheon Technologies maintain significant engineering headcount. The most sought-after specializations include systems engineering, software architecture, and process engineering tied to oil and gas and advanced manufacturing. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About Mirantis
Mirantis, an IREN company, is the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, enabling organizations to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign infrastructure for modern AI, machine learning, and data-intensive applications. By combining open source innovation with deep expertise in Kubernetes orchestration, Mirantis empowers platform engineering teams to deliver composable, production-ready developer platforms across any environment—on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, or in sovereign data centers. As enterprises navigate the growing complexity of AI-driven workloads, Mirantis delivers the automation, GPU orchestration, and policy-driven control needed to manage infrastructure with confidence and agility. Committed to open standards and freedom from lock-in, Mirantis ensures that customers retain full control of their infrastructure strategy. https://www.mirantis.com/
Job Description
Role Overview
Design and build the software that provisions, integrates, and operates high-performance storage for GPU-accelerated compute and AI platforms. You will own a Storage as a Service component of the platform end-to-end, working with the Product Management, other development teams, and partner engineers to deliver against a dynamic set of requirements. You will develop the control-plane services, drivers, and tooling that connect enterprise and scale-out storage systems to Kubernetes-based workloads across hybrid, edge, and air-gapped deployments built on the Mirantis K0rdent stack.
About the Role
We are looking for a principal-level software engineer who thinks in systems and data paths — someone who can reason about throughput, latency, consistency, and failure across a storage stack, then express that understanding as clean, testable Go. The right candidate has built production software against real storage systems (whether enterprise NAS, scale-out, or object), understands what makes storage fast and reliable at scale, and has a track record of leading an engineering team, exerting influence across the whole organization.
Responsibilities
1. Storage Software & Integration
Design and build control-plane services, drivers (e.g., CSI), and tooling that provision, configure, and operate storage for Kubernetes-based AI/compute workloads.
Integrate high-performance storage platforms — Dell PowerScale, VAST, and comparable systems — into automated, declarative provisioning workflows.
Build data-path, telemetry, and observability tooling to diagnose and resolve performance, reliability, and scaling issues.
2. Software & Automation
Write production-quality software — primarily in Go — with strong testing, code review, and operational rigor.
Deliver infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/OpenTofu) and GitOps-driven pipelines (ArgoCD or Flux) for storage configuration and lifecycle.
Support bare-metal and hybrid provisioning where storage intersects host and cluster bring-up.
3. Platform & Hybrid Delivery
Deliver storage integration for k0s-based Kubernetes via Cluster API (CAPI) and K0rdent management/child cluster topologies.
Architect storage software for fully disconnected (air-gapped) environments, including local artifact/mirror connectivity (Harbor) and PKI/TLS considerations.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
7+ years of software development, including production systems, with Go as a primary language.
5+ years building or integrating storage systems (distributed, scale-out, NAS, or object) at scale.
Solid understanding of storage fundamentals: file/block/object models, throughput and latency behavior, caching, consistency, and failure modes.
Experience with Kubernetes storage (CSI, persistent volumes, storage classes), and Kubernetes controllers and operators patterns.
Strong written and verbal communication with technical audiences, non-technical stakeholders, and executive leadership.
Preferred
Hands-on experience with high-performance storage platforms such as Dell PowerScale, VAST, or comparable technologies.
Experience with the Mirantis K0rdent stack (K0rdent Enterprise, K0rdent AI, k0s, MKE) and Cluster API.
Experience developing storage for GPU/AI workloads (high-throughput data pipelines, GPUDirect Storage).
Additional Information
Why you’ll love Mirantis
Build the foundation platform for the AI cloud era, working directly with leading GPU cloud operators, NeoClouds, sovereign clouds, and AI-first enterprises
Collaborate with a world-class, distributed team committed to openness and technical excellence
Shape the product narrative and influence go-to-market success
It is understood that Mirantis, Inc. may use automated decision-making technology (ADMT) for specific employment-related decisions. Opting out of ADMT use is requested for decisions about evaluation and review connected with the specific employment decision for the position applied for. You also have the right to appeal any decisions made by ADMT by sending your request to isamoylova@mirantis.com
By submitting your resume, you consent to the processing and storage of your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, for the purposes of considering your application for current and future job opportunities.
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About Mirantis
Mirantis, an IREN company, is the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, enabling organizations to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign infrastructure for modern AI, machine learning, and data-intensive applications. By combining open source innovation with deep expertise in Kubernetes orchestration, Mirantis empowers platform engineering teams to deliver composable, production-ready developer platforms across any environment—on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, or in sovereign data centers. As enterprises navigate the growing complexity of AI-driven workloads, Mirantis delivers the automation, GPU orchestration, and policy-driven control needed to manage infrastructure with confidence and agility. Committed to open standards and freedom from lock-in, Mirantis ensures that customers retain full control of their infrastructure strategy. https://www.mirantis.com/
Job Description
Role Overview
Design and build the software that provisions, integrates, and operates high-performance storage for GPU-accelerated compute and AI platforms. You will own a Storage as a Service component of the platform end-to-end, working with the Product Management, other development teams, and partner engineers to deliver against a dynamic set of requirements. You will develop the control-plane services, drivers, and tooling that connect enterprise and scale-out storage systems to Kubernetes-based workloads across hybrid, edge, and air-gapped deployments built on the Mirantis K0rdent stack.
About the Role
We are looking for a principal-level software engineer who thinks in systems and data paths — someone who can reason about throughput, latency, consistency, and failure across a storage stack, then express that understanding as clean, testable Go. The right candidate has built production software against real storage systems (whether enterprise NAS, scale-out, or object), understands what makes storage fast and reliable at scale, and has a track record of leading an engineering team, exerting influence across the whole organization.
Responsibilities
1. Storage Software & Integration
Design and build control-plane services, drivers (e.g., CSI), and tooling that provision, configure, and operate storage for Kubernetes-based AI/compute workloads.
Integrate high-performance storage platforms — Dell PowerScale, VAST, and comparable systems — into automated, declarative provisioning workflows.
Build data-path, telemetry, and observability tooling to diagnose and resolve performance, reliability, and scaling issues.
2. Software & Automation
Write production-quality software — primarily in Go — with strong testing, code review, and operational rigor.
Deliver infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/OpenTofu) and GitOps-driven pipelines (ArgoCD or Flux) for storage configuration and lifecycle.
Support bare-metal and hybrid provisioning where storage intersects host and cluster bring-up.
3. Platform & Hybrid Delivery
Deliver storage integration for k0s-based Kubernetes via Cluster API (CAPI) and K0rdent management/child cluster topologies.
Architect storage software for fully disconnected (air-gapped) environments, including local artifact/mirror connectivity (Harbor) and PKI/TLS considerations.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
7+ years of software development, including production systems, with Go as a primary language.
5+ years building or integrating storage systems (distributed, scale-out, NAS, or object) at scale.
Solid understanding of storage fundamentals: file/block/object models, throughput and latency behavior, caching, consistency, and failure modes.
Experience with Kubernetes storage (CSI, persistent volumes, storage classes), and Kubernetes controllers and operators patterns.
Strong written and verbal communication with technical audiences, non-technical stakeholders, and executive leadership.
Preferred
Hands-on experience with high-performance storage platforms such as Dell PowerScale, VAST, or comparable technologies.
Experience with the Mirantis K0rdent stack (K0rdent Enterprise, K0rdent AI, k0s, MKE) and Cluster API.
Experience developing storage for GPU/AI workloads (high-throughput data pipelines, GPUDirect Storage).
Additional Information
Why you’ll love Mirantis
Build the foundation platform for the AI cloud era, working directly with leading GPU cloud operators, NeoClouds, sovereign clouds, and AI-first enterprises
Collaborate with a world-class, distributed team committed to openness and technical excellence
Shape the product narrative and influence go-to-market success
It is understood that Mirantis, Inc. may use automated decision-making technology (ADMT) for specific employment-related decisions. Opting out of ADMT use is requested for decisions about evaluation and review connected with the specific employment decision for the position applied for. You also have the right to appeal any decisions made by ADMT by sending your request to isamoylova@mirantis.com
By submitting your resume, you consent to the processing and storage of your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, for the purposes of considering your application for current and future job opportunities.
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Principal Engineer Job Market in Texas
A snapshot from current Texas openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Dell Technologies18
- Raytheon17
- Skyworks Solutions15
- Oracle8
- Jabil7
Top Industries Hiring
- Electronics & Hardware13
- Technology & Software3
- Banking & Financial Services3
- Consulting & Professional Services3
- Automotive2
What Texas Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal engineer jobs across Texas.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, computer science, or a closely related technical field
- Professional Engineer license issued or recognized by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors preferred for infrastructure and energy roles
- Ten or more years of progressive engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership
- Deep expertise in at least one domain such as systems architecture, embedded software, or process engineering
- Proven ability to define technical strategy and mentor engineers across multiple teams or projects
- Experience with large-scale system design, trade-off analysis, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment
Principal Engineer Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a principal engineer in Texas?
Most principal engineer roles in Texas require a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline plus a substantial track of progressively senior technical work. For roles in civil, structural, mechanical, or process engineering, the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors administers the Professional Engineer license, which typically requires passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, gaining supervised experience, and then passing the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam. Software-focused principal engineer roles generally do not require state licensure but reward deep domain expertise and leadership scope.
Which companies hire principal engineers in Texas?
Employers hiring principal engineers in Texas right now include Dell Technologies, Raytheon, and Skyworks Solutions, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Texas's concentration of energy majors, defense contractors, and semiconductor firms means demand is particularly consistent for engineers with systems, embedded, or process specializations.
Which Texas cities have the most principal engineer jobs?
Austin, Houston, and Dallas have the most principal engineer openings in Texas. Houston's dominance reflects the energy sector's deep engineering workforce, while Austin's rapid growth in semiconductor and enterprise software firms drives strong demand there, and Dallas-Fort Worth's mix of corporate headquarters and defense contractors sustains consistent hiring across specializations.
Are there remote principal engineer jobs in Texas?
Yes, and they're more common than in many engineering fields, particularly for software and systems architecture roles that don't require on-site lab or plant access. About 71% of principal engineer openings tied to Texas are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the high proportion of software-intensive and enterprise technology employers in the state. Roles in energy operations, semiconductor fabrication, and defense hardware tend to require on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a principal engineer in Texas with little or no experience?
The most realistic path is entering as an associate or staff engineer and building toward the principal level through demonstrated ownership of progressively complex technical problems. In Texas, large energy companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron run structured new-graduate rotational programs, and defense firms like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies hire entry-level engineers into career development tracks. Earning your Engineer-in-Training designation through the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors signals commitment and strengthens applications for engineering-track roles that lead to principal-level positions.
Where can I find and apply to principal engineer jobs in Texas?
You can find and apply to principal engineer jobs in Texas on Migrate Mate, which lists current Texas openings across industries and metro areas. Find roles that fit your specialization and experience level and apply directly.
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