Senior Software Engineer - Server Manageability

at Nvidia

📍 United States

USD 152,000-287,500 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

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Details

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver server manageability solutions for GPU-based AI servers. The role focuses on out-of-band management, BMC firmware development, server architecture, enterprise systems, and end-to-end platform delivery.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and deliver innovations for managing GPU-based AI servers, with a focus on out-of-band management, firmware development, server architecture, and enterprise systems.
Lead BMC firmware design with a global team of engineers.
Design and develop performance-optimized active-monitoring BMC solutions using DMTF standards, including MCTP, Redfish, SPDM, and PLDM.
Instrument code to ensure maximum code coverage, write and automate unit tests for each implemented module, and maintain detailed unit test reports.
Provide software quality reports based on static analysis, code coverage, and CPU load.
Work with security teams to align developed code with product security goals.
Collaborate closely with hardware teams to influence hardware design and review hardware architecture and schematics.
Drive the definition and end-to-end delivery of platforms by collaborating with internal teams, ODMs, OEMs, and industry partners for AI servers.
Work with QA and test architects to develop test tools and automation for qualifying the complete system software and firmware stack.

Requirements

Domain expertise in BMC firmware development on x86 or ARM platforms, including BMC-BIOS communication, thermal management, power management, firmware updates, device monitoring, and firmware security.
Experience delivering high-end enterprise servers end to end, from definition through customer deployment.
Solid understanding of low-level interfaces between SBIOS, BMC, and operating systems, including I2C, SPI, PCIe, and JTAG.
Experience with PCIe enumeration and platform-level I/O for enterprise systems.
Experience working with hardware teams, ODMs, and vendors to introduce and support server platforms.
Experience with C/C++ development, Bash or Python scripting, and debugging in embedded Linux operating environments.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, strong teamwork, high-quality work standards, and the ability to work independently and find creative solutions.
Bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or an equivalent qualification.
At least 5 years of experience with demonstrated individual-contributor capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

Contribution to industry standards or projects such as Open Compute, IPMI, DMTF standards, or OpenBMC open source.
Proven experience delivering BMC solutions for enterprise servers using the OpenBMC firmware stack.