Senior Firmware & Platform Lead, Data Center Systems

NVIDIA AI

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 272,000 - 431,250

Full time

14 days+

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NVIDIA seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a large firmware organization delivering OpenBMC‑based and MCU firmware for NVIDIA's next generation Data Center Compute Systems. Based in Santa Clara, CA, this role combines strong technical leadership with hands‑on program execution across multiple teams.

You will define a long‑term firmware roadmap, drive architecture across BMC, MCU, and platform software, mentor a 25+ engineers, and partner with hardware, security, and field teams to ensure

Qualifications

  • BS/MS/PhD in EE/CS or related field or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years in server firmware, BMC/OpenBMC, MCU firmware, or data center systems.
  • 6+ years leading software/firmware engineering teams.
  • Strong leadership in data center system architecture and reliability at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a large firmware org delivering OpenBMC- and MCU firmware for next‑gen data center systems.
  • Own HGX platform firmware readiness and cross‑team coordination.
  • Define long‑term firmware roadmap balancing architecture and delivery milestones.
  • Drive architecture across BMC, MCU, platform software and manageability interfaces.
  • Mentor and grow a high‑performing engineering team.

Skills

Technical leadership
Staff management
System architecture
Communication
Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS/MS/PhD EE/CS

Tools

C/C++
Python
Yocto/BitBake
Git
Perforce
Jira
OpenBMC
MCTP/PLDM/SPDM/Redfish

Job description

NVIDIA seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a large firmware organization delivering OpenBMC‑based and MCU firmware for NVIDIA's next generation Data Center Compute Systems. Based in Santa Clara, CA, this role combines strong technical leadership with hands‑on program execution across multiple teams.

You will define a long‑term firmware roadmap, drive architecture across BMC, MCU, and platform software, mentor a 25+ engineers, and partner with hardware, security, and field teams to ensure

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