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SeniorSoftwareDevelopmentTechLead–NVLinkFWandNVOS
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“Senior Software Development Tech Lead – NVLink FW and NVOS at NVIDIA. Skills: NVLink FW, NVOS, Networking fabric, Firmware development. Spearhead feature development. Implement features for NVLink configuration”
Industry & Context.
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What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, EE, or Computer Engineering, 12+ years software development experience, Experience with complex, customer-facing systems, Technical lead or architect experience, Networking acumen, Firmware or OS development experience, Hands-on embedded C/C++ development, Hands-on Python development
Nice to Have
Engineering Manager or Technical lead experience, Embedded, RTOS, SDK workflows experience, Contributions to networking frameworks/OS, Mentoring senior engineers, Elevating engineering standards, Tech leading engineering across teams
What You'll Do.
Spearhead feature development
Implement features for NVLink configuration
Implement features for NVLink installation
Implement features for NVLink issue resolution
Own SDLC for programs
Ensure software delivery quality
Define technical direction
Breakdown technical direction
Set quality bar for features
Drive features from idea to production
Collaborate with product teams
Collaborate with test teams
Collaborate with applications engineering
Collaborate with production/manufacturing
Collaborate with partner engineering
Translate customer issues into solutions
Implement application flows
Support core CSP customer base
Establish evaluation guidelines
Establish observability guidelines
Establish continuous improvement guidelines
Evangelize AI adoption
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborating across development organizations; Cross-functional teams; Partner engineering teams
Communication Scope
Influence technical direction
Process & Methodology
SDLC
Full Job Description
NVIDIA NVLink team is seeking a Senior Software Developer or manager to serve as Tech Lead in our team in Santa Clara. The NVLink team develops the firmware and network OS (NVOS) for NVLink, NVIDIA’s networking fabric for our datacenter infrastructure. We are seeking a senior individual contributor (IC) to spearhead our development for our Firmware and NVOS programs, collaborating across the different development organisations to build and improve on the next generation of NVLink software. You will be the technical lead, incorporating our solutions and related technologies into our NVLink projects to ensure our customers can deploy NVIDIAs key network fabric infrastructure at scale. **What you will be doing: ** * Spearhead the end‑to‑end development and implementation of features that ensure our customers can configure, install, and solve issues with NVLink, which powers NVIDIA’s datacenter fabric. * You will be the Point of Contact and own the SDLC for the programs, ensuring the highest quality of software deliveries. * Define technical direction, breakdown, and be the quality bar for NVLink features, and drive them from idea to production as a hands‑on IC. * Collaborate closely with product, test, applications engineering, production/manufacturing, and partner engineering teams to translate customer issues into concrete product solutions. * Implement application flows that build on our networking fabric, helping the team to support our core CSP customer base. * Establish guidelines for evaluation, observability, and continuous improvement of our networking infrastructure from manufacturing to production networks. * Be an evangelist for AI adoption in software development, test and across the development lifecycle. **What we need to see: ** * Bachelors degree in Computer Science, EE, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience. * Over 12+ years of direct software development experience, including substantial responsibility for complex, customer-facing systems or
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