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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