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Senior Systems Software Engineer, Data Center Platform Enablement

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $184,000–$184,000🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior Systems Software Engineer responsible for bring-up, integration, validation, and troubleshooting of GPU rack compute tray platforms to ensure server functionality before mass deployment.

Role type

Senior Systems Software Engineer (Data Center Platform Enablement)

Builds

NVIDIA AI server systems integrating GPUs, NVLink, Networking, CPUs, and optimized AI/HPC software stacks.

Domain

Data Center / High-Performance Computing (HPC) / AI Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Computer system and firmware architecture design, CPLD/FPGA design and RTL, Low-level interfaces (SBIOS, BMC, I2C, SPI, PCIe, JTAG), Embedded Linux development (C/C++), Bash/Python scripting, Simulation and emulation (QEMU), Hands-on hardware debugging.

Preferred skills

Early design and power-on debug experience, AI tool usage for design acceleration, Root cause analysis leadership.

Technologies

NVIDIA GPUs, NVLink, PCIe, NVMe SSD, QEMU, Embedded Linux, C/C++, Bash, Python, FPGA, CPLD.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with architects on server system designs (CPU, GPU, Memory, NIC, Cooling); Review hardware schematics and board designs; Perform simulation/emulation for early design validation; Debug early server prototypes and power-on tests; Support manufacturing flows, firmware updates, and BOM changes; Drive root cause analysis for bring-up failures; Develop diagnostic test tools and automation for system software/firmware qualification.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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