Senior Manager, Engineering - Data Center Firmware

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

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

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 as well as MCU firmware components in data center platforms. The position is based in Santa Clara, CA, USA and requires a strong technical leader with broad system perspective who can guide complex product cycles.

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 the 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 Velocity.
• 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 matrix organizations.
• 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.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is $272,000 - $431,250 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until July 21, 2026.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and is 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.