CareerPlan

Senior Manager, Engineering - Data Center Firmware

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$272k2026-10-19 → 2026-11-10
On-site · United States

Core

Lead a large firmware engineering organization delivering end-to-end manageability firmware for NVIDIA's next generation Data Center Compute Systems.

Role type

Senior Engineering Manager (Data Center Firmware)

Builds

OpenBMC-based management firmware and MCU firmware components for HGX product line

Domain

Data Center / Server Systems / Embedded Firmware

Required skills

Data center system architecture, server manageability, telemetry, health management, reliability at scale, firmware development lifecycle, validation, release management, issue triage, production support, cross-functional team leadership, customer escalation management, hiring and team building

Preferred skills

Leading large distributed engineering organizations, ownership mindset, BMC firmware/software stack, MCU firmware, C/C++, Python, debugging server platform, OOB management DMTF protocols (MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, Redfish), Embedded Linux, FreeRTOS, Yocto/BitBake, Git, Perforce, modern firmware CI/CD practices

Technologies

OpenBMC, C/C++, Python, Embedded Linux, FreeRTOS, Yocto/BitBake, Git, Perforce, Jira, MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, Redfish

Responsibilities

Lead execution across multiple programs, coordinating priorities, hiring, managing cross component dependencies, and delivery commitments; Define and drive the long-term firmware roadmap; Drive architecture strategy across BMC, MCU, platform software, manageability, health management, and data center firmware interfaces; Collaborate with data center architects, cloud customers, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define requirements and deliver; Partner with hardware, systems, security, validation, manufacturing, field, and customer engineering teams; Manage customer and executive escalations for complex firmware, platform, and deployment issues; Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering organization

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC leader managing large teams