Manager, Software Engineering - Networking

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 224,000 - 431,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking an experienced Software Manager to lead a team responsible for NVLINK Switches and GPUs in the firmware/PHY connectivity layer. You will drive development and verification across software and firmware, enabling cutting-edge HPC networking technologies for large-scale data centers.

The role requires 8+ years of technical experience with 3+ years of leadership, strong Python/C/C++ skills, and hands-on OS software work around 50% of the time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar technical field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of overall technical experience; 3+ years of experience managing a team.
• Python/C/C++ programming skills.
• Experience leading teams in developing software/firmware, and mentoring.
• Ability to self-teach and to learn quickly.

Responsibilities

• Managing and leading a high impact team for development and verification processes over software and firmware layers.
• Serving as the primary technical point of contact for strategic customers leading the investigating issues in customer setups and support new system bringup processes with our NVLINK technology
• Owning development of major features end-to-end
• Being actively hands-on (50%) in OS software coding and debugging
• Collaborating with off-shore teams

Skills

Python

C/C++

Team leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar technical field

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced Software Manager to lead a team developing the NVLINK Switches and GPUs over firmware in PHY connectivity layer. In this role you will be playing a critical role in development and verification aspects in our firmware and software layers, which are critical to NVIDIA's next generation networking technologies, and enable large-scale deployment in High-Performance Computing (HPC) data centers. Are you passionate about working on innovative technologies for next gen HPC? Then we want to hear from you!

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing and leading a high impact team for development and verification processes over software and firmware layers
• Serving as the primary technical point of contact for strategic customers leading the investigating issues in customer setups and support new system bringup processes with our NVLINK technology
• Owning development of major features end-to-end
• Being actively hands-on (50%) in OS software coding and debugging
• Collaborating with off-shore teams

What we need to see:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or similar technical field or equivalent experience
• 8+ overall years of overall technical experience; 3+ years of experience managing a team
• Python/C/C++ programming skills
• Experience leading teams in developing software/firmware, and mentoring
• Ability to self-teach and to learn quickly

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Linux & Networking experience
• Working face to face with customers
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience .
• Excellent social and written communication skills
• Building AI flows, agents, for enhancing the development efficiency

With competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, NVIDIA is widely regarded as one of the most desirable technology employers in the world.

Our teams are composed of some of the most forward‑thinking and driven engineers in the industry, and we continue to grow rapidly.

If you are a senior data engineer passionate about building large‑scale, high‑impact data platforms, we’d love to hear from you.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

The base salary range is 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 3, and 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 20, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

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As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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