Senior Manager, Engineering - Data Center Firmware

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 272,000 - 431,250; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Gruppe is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager based in Santa Clara, CA. This individual will oversee a large firmware engineering team, driving innovations for NVIDIA's Data Center Compute Systems. The ideal candidate will have at least 12 years of experience in server firmware, with strong technical leadership and management skills.

The position offers competitive compensation, including a base salary range of $272,000 to $431,250, along with additional equity and benefits. NVIDIA is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in server firmware or data center systems.
• 6+ years in managing software/firmware engineering teams.
• Strong record in delivering production firmware.

Responsibilities

• Lead firmware engineering organization and drive the long-term firmware roadmap.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and deliver effectively.
• Manage customer escalations for complex firmware and platform issues.

Skills

Technical leadership in data center systems

Firmware development lifecycle

Communication skills

Experience with C/C++ and Python

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in EE/CS or related field

Tools

Git

Embedded Linux

Jira

Job description

NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern deep learning - the next era of computing - with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, we are increasingly known as "the AI computing company." We're looking to grow our company and establish teams with the most thoughtful people in the world.

We are looking for an excellent Senior Engineering Manager to lead a large firmware engineering organization delivering end-to-end manageability firmware for NVIDIA's next generation Data Center Compute Systems. This role owns the HGX product line and OpenBMC-based management firmware and MCU firmware components in data center platforms, including architecture, execution, quality, reliability, telemetry, and customer readiness. It is onsite in Santa Clara, CA, USA.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead a large firmware engineering organization delivering OpenBMC based firmware and MCU firmware for next-generation Data Center Compute Systems.
• Own HGX platform as a lead for Firmware and System software readiness working across the organization.
• Define and drive the long-term firmware roadmap, balancing architectural innovation with product execution and delivery milestones.
• Drive architecture strategy across BMC, MCU, platform software, manageability, health management, and data center firmware interfaces.
• Lead execution across multiple programs, coordinating priorities, hiring, managing cross component dependencies, and delivery commitments across a large engineering team.
• Collaborate with data center architects, cloud customers, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define requirements, scope implementation, and deliver at Speed of Light.
• Partner with hardware, systems, security, validation, manufacturing, field, and customer engineering teams to ensure scalable manageability architecture across data center products.
• Manage customer and executive escalations for complex firmware, platform, and deployment issues.
• Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering organization with strong technical leadership, execution discipline, and quality culture.

What we need to see:

• BS, MS, or PhD in EE/CS or related field of education or equivalent experience.
• 12+ overall years of proven experience in server firmware, BMC/OpenBMC, MCU firmware, platform software, or data center systems.
• 6+ years of experience managing software/firmware engineering teams.
• Strong technical leadership in data center system architecture, server manageability, telemetry, health management, and reliability at scale.
• Proven record delivering production firmware for large data centers with strong quality, debug, and operational discipline.
• Experience leading architecture and execution across multiple programs, cross-functional teams, and customer-facing deliverables.
• Strong understanding of firmware development lifecycle, validation, release management, issue triage, and production support.
• Excellent communication skills, strong work ethic, sound judgment, and the ability to align teams through complex technical and business tradeoffs.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience leading large distributed engineering organizations, including multi-team execution and senior technical leaders.
• High level of ownership to deliver products working across matric organization, having done that for a couple of products.
• Hands‑on experience with BMC firmware/software stack, MCU firmware, C/C++, Python, and debugging server platform. Expertise with OOB management DMTF protocols and standards such as MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, and Redfish.
• Experience with Embedded Linux, FreeRTOS, Yocto/BitBake, Git, Perforce, Jira, and modern firmware CI/CD practices.
• Proven ability to drive complex architecture, quality, reliability, and customer escalation work across 25+ engineers or similarly large engineering teams.

Benefits

Base salary range: $272,000 USD - $431,250 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until June 20, 2026.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate 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.