Senior Manager, Engineering, Data Center Firmware

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$272,000–$431,250 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Engineering, Data Center Firmware

The Senior Manager, Engineering - Data Center Firmware leads a large firmware engineering organization focused on delivering end-to-end manageability firmware for next-generation Data Center Compute Systems. This role owns the HGX product line, overseeing OpenBMC-based management firmware and MCU firmware components. Key responsibilities include defining long-term firmware roadmaps, driving architecture strategy for health management and telemetry, and managing cross-component dependencies across large engineering teams. The position requires expertise in server firmware, platform software, and data center systems. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency with C/C++, Python, Embedded Linux, FreeRTOS, Yocto/BitBake, and DMTF protocols like MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, and Redfish. The work involves solving complex manageability and reliability challenges for large-scale data center products, ensuring production readiness through rigorous validation, issue triage, and production support.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $277500 from 85 postings across 25 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead a large firmware engineering organization delivering OpenBMC and MCU firmware for next-generation Data Center Compute Systems.
  • Own the HGX product line for firmware and system software readiness across the organization.
  • Define and drive the long-term firmware roadmap while balancing architectural innovation with product delivery milestones.
  • Drive architecture strategy for BMC, MCU, platform software, manageability, and health management interfaces.
  • Coordinate priorities, hiring, and cross-component dependencies for a large engineering team across multiple programs.
  • Partner with hardware, security, and manufacturing teams to ensure scalable manageability architecture across data center products.
  • Manage customer and executive escalations for complex firmware, platform, and deployment issues.
  • Build and mentor a high-performing engineering organization with a focus on technical leadership and quality culture.

What we're looking for

  • BS, MS, or PhD in EE/CS or related field of education or equivalent experience.
  • 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.
  • Strong understanding of firmware development lifecycle, validation, release management, issue triage, and production support.
  • Experience leading large distributed engineering organizations, including multi-team execution and senior technical leaders (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with BMC/MCU firmware, C/C++, Python, and OOB management protocols like MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, and Redfish (preferred).

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