NVIDIA
Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, Visualization
SeniorManager,DatacenterSoftware-FirmwareRelease
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“Senior Manager, Datacenter Software - Firmware Release at NVIDIA. Skills: Datacenter Software, Firmware Release Management, Infrastructure, CI/CD, Python, Linux, Technical Leadership. Driving the release of software and firmware for GPU based datacenter servers. Guaranteeing high quality infrastructure and tooling for software and firmware release features”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure the highest quality releases for data center firmware and software; Solutions must scale, be resilient, and support secure upgrades or rollbacks across diverse customer scenarios; Ensure no bug is found at customer site; Deliver against measurable benchmarks (MTTR, specification compliance, release cadence, automation coverage); Clear reductions in onboarding SLA times (preferred)
Industry & Context.
Debugging production issues; Identifying and resolving issues in release milestone packaging and deployment procedures; Removing bottlenecks
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12+ overall years in the software industry with specialization in system software and/or firmware development, 5+ years of proven technical hands-on leadership for multi-team organizations across data center firmware like BMC, FPGA, CPLDs, network switches, building Infrastructure for continue improvement for quality of releases, BS/MS/PhD in CS, CE, EE, or a related technical field — or equivalent experience, Prior experience in systems software or firmware development with a proven history of guiding complex software features or products throughout the entire product life cycle, understanding of computer system architecture, operating systems principles, HW-SW interactions, and performance analysis/optimizations, Working fluency in Python and Linux sufficient to review designs, prototype tooling, and debug production issues alongside the team, Hands-on experience with web application frameworks and CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab, Artifactory), Track record of balancing multiple projects with competing priorities and delivering against measurable benchmarks (MTTR, specification compliance, release cadence, automation coverage), Excellent communication and collaboration skills across teams and time zones
Nice to Have
Familiarity with the architecture of datacenter server software and experience with the in-band and out-of-band management of firmware and hardware components, Understanding REST architecture style especially JSON over HTTPs with OAuth and DMTF / PLDM / SPDM firmware management protocols, Proven experience in developing a self-service release infrastructure, resulting in clear reductions in onboarding SLA times, Experience integrating AI/LLM tooling into engineering workflows – for triage, test generation, code review, or release validation, Experience leading engineering teams with geographically distributed teams across US and APAC
What You'll Do.
Driving the release of software and firmware for GPU based datacenter servers
Guaranteeing high quality infrastructure and tooling for software and firmware release features
Defining release scope for rack scale products
Delivering releases that flow through the validation matrix for customer end use cases
Ensuring delivered firmware and software is of the highest quality
Influencing architecture
design and implementation decisions for compute and switch trays software and firmware
Ensuring quality across nightly
dev and production drops for all customer use cases
Partnering with matrixed organizations to left-shift release quality from dev to QA
Enforcing quality with well-placed quality metrics and tracking KPIs
Monitoring and reporting progress of releases to all stakeholders
Owning ingestion and packaging of software and firmware binaries
Documenting procedures and engaging in collaborative discussions to refine software and firmware release workflows
Identifying and resolving issues in release milestone packaging and deployment procedures
Shaping the team's roadmap and driving innovation
Continuously reviewing and identifying improvement opportunities in established release processes
Ensuring teams are performing in the most efficient and transparent way
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working closely with multi-functional teams including system architects, firmware developers, compliance and security teams, and product management; Partnering with all matrixed organizations: Developers, SWQA, Product engineering; Engaging in collaborative discussions to refine software and firmware release workflows; Excellent communication and collaboration skills across teams and time zones
Communication Scope
Excellent communication and collaboration skills across teams and time zones
Process & Methodology
Defining release scope, Delivering releases, Balancing multiple projects with competing priorities, Delivering against measurable benchmarks
Full Job Description
NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, and Visualization. Our invention serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work reveals new frontiers to explore, inspires remarkable creativity and discovery, and fuels what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is seeking exceptional individuals like you to help us drive the next wave of artificial intelligence. NVIDIA DGX, HGX, and MGX servers deliver the world's leading solutions for enterprise AI infrastructure at scale. Enterprise needs a computing infrastructure that can be easily managed in a data center. We are the Datacenter Software Tools team at NVIDIA. We deliver Infrastructure and Tools for data center deployment, firmware and software package deployment and server manageability. We are looking for a hard-working and experienced senior manager having experience with Datacenter Software and Firmware release management and infrastructure. In this role, you will be driving the release of software and firmware for the world’s best resilient GPU based datacenter servers. This is a highly transparent role at NVIDIA to guarantee high quality infrastructure and tooling for software and firmware release features for NVIDIA's scale up and scale out solutions – spanning frontend, backend, infrastructure, and CI/CD based automation. This role requires you to work closely with multi-functional teams including system architects, firmware developers, compliance and security teams, and product management to deliver exceptional software and firmware release solutions. Join us at the forefront of technological advancement. **What you’ll be doing:** * In this technical role, you will be bringing in leadership on how releases should be delivered to end customers of rack-scale computing based on tightly coupled compute and switch trays and build end
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