NVIDIA
Senior Manager, Engineering - Data Center Firmware
$272K–$431K
US, CA, Santa Clara +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- US, CA, Santa Clara
US, CA, Remote - Experience
- 12+ overall years in relevant fields; 6+ years managing software/firmware engineering teams.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in EE/CS or related field of education or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads a large engineering organization delivering and owning firmware and system-software readiness for NVIDIA data center platforms, including HGX, OpenBMC-based management firmware, and MCU firmware.
What you'll do
- Set firmware architecture and roadmap, and lead execution, quality, reliability, telemetry, and customer readiness across multiple programs.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and manage customer and executive escalations for firmware, platform, and deployment issues.
- Hire, mentor, and grow engineering teams while aligning priorities and delivery commitments.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of experience in server firmware, BMC/OpenBMC, MCU firmware, platform software, or data center systems.
- 6+ years managing software/firmware engineering teams.
- Strong technical leadership in data center system architecture, manageability, telemetry, health management, and reliability at scale.
- Proven production firmware delivery for large data centers and experience leading multi-program, cross-functional execution.
Nice to have
- Experience leading large distributed engineering organizations and senior technical leaders.
- Hands-on experience with BMC/MCU firmware, C/C++, Python, OOB management protocols, Embedded Linux, FreeRTOS, Yocto/BitBake, Git, Perforce, Jira, or firmware CI/CD.
Pay
272,000 USD - 431,250 USD (base salary)
Tools
OpenBMC, MCU, C/C++, Python, MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, Redfish
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