Senior Manager, Engineering - Data Center Firmware

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

Benefits offered by this job

Eligibility for equity and benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a firmware engineering organization responsible for delivering end-to-end manageability firmware for data center systems. This role requires strong technical leadership and the ability to manage a large team effectively.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in server firmware, alongside excellent communication and collaboration skills to drive architectural strategy and execution in partnership with other teams. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of proven experience in server firmware and data center systems.
• 6+ years of experience managing software/firmware engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of firmware development lifecycle and operational discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead a large firmware engineering organization delivering next-generation Data Center Compute Systems.
• Define and drive long-term firmware roadmap with architectural innovation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and deliver results.

Skills

Technical leadership in data center system architecture

Experience with BMC/OpenBMC

C/C++ and Python debugging skills

Strong communication skills

Education

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

Tools

Embedded Linux

Git

Jira

Job description

Role Overview

Senior Engineering Manager responsible for leading 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.

Location: Onsite in Santa Clara, CA, USA.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a large firmware engineering organization delivering OpenBMC based firmware and MCU firmware for next-generation Data Center Compute Systems.
• Own the HGX platform as lead for Firmware and System software readiness 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 a quality culture.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience leading large distributed engineering organizations, including multi‑team execution and senior technical leaders.
• 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. Eligibility for equity and benefits.

Application Information

Applications accepted until June20,2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

EEO Statement

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.