NVIDIA

Principal Firmware Engineer – Server Manageability and Observability

NVIDIA

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $272,000 - $425,500 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

CloudLinuxSwitchingTCP/IP

About the role

  • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for major customers, leading technological discussions, defining KPIs, gathering requirements, and addressing complex technical queries.
  • As a system software architect, lead technical innovation and strategic collaborations with major hyperscalers to architect next-generation data center products.
  • Align NVIDIA's roadmap with major customers' requirements through direct engagement.
  • Develop and drive adoption of new technologies and protocols.
  • Make critical technical decisions in ambiguous situations, mitigating risks through left-shift strategies.
  • Work with component leads internally and engage with industry leading cloud service providers on taking these products to market.

Requirements

  • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for major customers, leading technological discussions, defining KPIs, gathering requirements, and addressing complex technical queries.
  • Lead technical innovation and strategic collaborations with major hyperscalers to architect next-generation data center products.
  • Align NVIDIA's roadmap with major customers' requirements through direct engagement.
  • Develop and drive adoption of new technologies and protocols.
  • Make critical technical decisions in ambiguous situations, mitigating risks through left-shift strategies.
  • Deep expertise in scalable and performant server system architecture, focusing on SW/HW interfaces.
  • Extensive experience with complex system software for accelerators (GPUs, DPUs, FPGAs).
  • Mastery of system firmware (SBIOS, OpenBMC), embedded systems, and Linux kernel internals.
  • Proficiency in Out-of-Band and In-Band management architectures, device management protocols (e.g., MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, RDE) and system management protocols (Redfish, IPMI).
  • Extensive knowledge of networking technologies and protocols, including TCP/IP, Ethernet, InfiniBand, as well as advanced switching and routing concepts
  • Experience collaborating with platform security experts to define tradeoffs between security and ease of use.
  • Demonstrated success in leading complex, cross-functional projects to completion, showcasing the ability to influence and achieve results without direct authority in large-scale, collaborative environments.
  • Demonstrable experience in implementing left shift strategy to de-risk program execution.
  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 15+ years in the area of System architecture and design.