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NVIDIA

Senior Software Development Tech Lead – NVLink FW and NVOS

$224K–$431K

US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026

Experience
Over 12+ years of direct software development experience.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, EE, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.

About the job

Leads hands-on development of NVLink firmware and network OS (NVOS), guiding features from design through production to support customer deployment of NVIDIA’s datacenter networking fabric.

What you'll do

  • Own the software development lifecycle and lead end-to-end implementation and quality of NVLink features.
  • Set technical direction and collaborate across product, test, engineering, manufacturing, and partner teams to turn customer issues into product solutions.
  • Establish evaluation and observability practices, improve networking infrastructure, and promote AI adoption across software development and testing.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, EE, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Over 12+ years of direct software development experience, including substantial responsibility for complex customer-facing systems or platforms.
  • Technical leadership, engineering management, or architecture experience delivering significant networking and datacenter infrastructure features or products.
  • Strong networking acumen; firmware and/or OS development for network infrastructure; hands-on embedded C/C++ and Python experience.

Nice to have

  • Experience with embedded systems, RTOS, and SDK workflows for networking infrastructure.
  • Contributions to networking frameworks, OS, or tooling; mentoring senior engineers; or leading engineering across multiple teams.

Pay

224,000 USD - 356,500 USD (base salary, Level 5); 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD (base salary, Level 6)

Tools

NVLink, NVOS, embedded C/C++, Python, RTOS, SDK

AI focus

Evangelize AI adoption in software development, testing, and across the development lifecycle.

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First seen Oct 16, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)