NVIDIA Corporation

Senior Manager, Engineering - Data Center Firmware

NVIDIA Corporation$272K — $431K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or related field.
  • 12+ years of experience in server firmware, BMC/OpenBMC, MCU firmware, or data center systems.
  • 6+ years managing software/firmware engineering teams.
  • Expertise in data center system architecture and server manageability.
  • Proven track record in delivering production firmware with high quality and reliability.
  • Strong understanding of firmware development lifecycle and release management.
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills, adept at aligning teams through technical challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Lead firmware engineering for OpenBMC and MCU firmware on Data Center Compute Systems.
  • Own HGX platform readiness, coordinating cross-functional efforts.
  • Define and drive firmware roadmap balancing innovation with delivery.
  • Guide architecture strategy across firmware interfaces and system software.
  • Manage execution and cross-component dependencies across a large engineering team.
  • Collaborate with architects and cloud customers to define requirements and deliver swiftly.
  • Partner with hardware and engineering teams for scalable architecture across products.
  • Manage escalations and issues relating to firmware and deployment complexities.

Benefits

  • Eligible for equity and comprehensive health benefits.
  • Access to a high-performing engineering culture and mentorship opportunities.
  • Work in a collaborative environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Opportunity to make a significant impact on NVIDIA's data center products.
Full 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 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. We are seeking an experienced senior leader with strong technical depth, broad system perspective, and a proven ability to lead large teams through complex product cycles. This role is onsite in Santa Clara, CA, USA. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you! 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. Having mindset bucks stop at me.
  • 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 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. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

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Nvidia, a global leader in graphics, gaming, and AI technology, offers Nvidia careers and internship opportunities for those passionate about driving innovation in the tech industry. you'll find a company committed to growth, teamwork, and leadership in computer science and machine learning domains.

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Net Income
$4.3 billion
Founded
1993
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