Senior Software Engineer - Manufacturing and Factory

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 184,000-356,500 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

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Details

NVIDIA is seeking a highly motivated technical leader to design, drive, and operationalize rack-scale factory and deployment flows for next-generation data center products. The role focuses on reliable, debuggable, and scalable manufacturing and deployment solutions for HGX, DGX, and large multi-node NVLink domain rack architectures. These systems combine NVIDIA GPUs, NVLink, InfiniBand networking, Grace CPUs, and an optimized AI and HPC software stack.

Responsibilities

Lead and drive rack-scale/L11 flows for factory and initial data center deployment.
Design and implement end-to-end factory workflows, including firmware flashing sequences, security provisioning, and deployment of software mitigations.
Collaborate with data center architects, ODMs, and OEMs to define factory and data center requirements that support efficient and reliable production ramp-up.
Champion reliability, debuggability, and optimization in firmware, diagnostic, and deployment tool design.
Drive pre-silicon readiness for factory and manufacturing workflows for rack-scale products using NVIDIA simulation and emulation technology.
Mentor architects and engineering teams to help develop future leaders.
Make key technical decisions in ambiguous situations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 8 years of experience in system architecture and design.
Deep experience designing architectures for scalable and high-performance server systems, particularly at the software/hardware interface.
Strong understanding of networking technologies and protocols, including Ethernet and InfiniBand.
Experience working with complex system software for accelerators such as GPUs, DPUs, or FPGAs.
Expertise in out-of-band and in-band management architectures.
Knowledge of system management protocols such as Redfish and IPMI.
Demonstrable experience implementing left-shift strategies to de-risk program execution.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of large-scale cloud and cluster-level deployment and management systems.
A demonstrated track record of leading data center products across their entire lifecycle, including inception, pre-silicon development, post-silicon bring-up, manufacturing, and deployment.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range: $184,000–$287,500 for Level 4.
Base salary range: $224,000–$356,500 for Level 5.
Eligibility for equity and benefits.
Applications will be accepted at least until July 22, 2026.
NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive work environment.