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Principal Firmware Engineer – Server Manageability and Observability

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $272,000–$272,000🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead end-to-end system software architecture for NVIDIA data center platforms (DGX, HGX), focusing on server manageability, observability, and SW/HW interfaces for GPUs, DPUs, and FPGAs.

Role type

Principal System Software Architect (Firmware & Server Management)

Builds

Next-generation data center products and system management protocols for hyperscalers and cloud providers.

Domain

Data Center Infrastructure, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Server Firmware & Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Scalable server system architecture, System firmware (SBIOS, OpenBMC), Linux kernel internals, Out-of-Band/In-Band management architectures, Device management protocols (MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, RDE), System management protocols (Redfish, IPMI), Networking technologies (TCP/IP, Ethernet, InfiniBand), Cross-functional project leadership, Left-shift strategy implementation

Preferred skills

Cloud and cluster level deployment management, Standards body participation (OCP, DMTF), NVIDIA HPC programming models (CUDA, cuDNN, DOCA), Enterprise storage architectures, Distributed parallel processing paradigms

Technologies

SBIOS, OpenBMC, Linux Kernel, MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, RDE, Redfish, IPMI, TCP/IP, Ethernet, InfiniBand, CUDA, cuDNN, DOCA

Responsibilities

Serve as primary technical point of contact for major customers and hyperscalers; Lead technical innovation and strategic collaborations for next-gen data center products; Align NVIDIA roadmap with customer requirements; Develop and drive adoption of new technologies and protocols; Make critical technical decisions in ambiguous situations using left-shift strategies.

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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