Senior Manager, Firmware Engineering
NVIDIAJob Title
Senior Manager, Firmware Engineering
Role Summary
Manage multiple firmware teams responsible for PCI Express firmware delivery, validation infrastructure, tools, and customer support for networking products. Drive engineering practices, lab and test infrastructure, and AI-native workflows to improve firmware reliability and delivery.
Experience Level
Senior-level. The role expects extensive engineering experience; the posting specifies at least 12 years in engineering with a minimum of 6 years in engineering management.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include team leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and infrastructure improvements:
- Lead and manage firmware teams across development, releases, and customer support, including hiring, coaching, and workload planning.
- Partner with silicon design, architecture, validation, and customer engineering to resolve issues and improve product reliability.
- Drive shared tooling, lab infrastructure, and automated testing while balancing product commitments with infrastructure investments.
- Design and deploy AI-native workflows and human-on-the-loop (HOTL) processes with clear autonomy boundaries, quality gates, and intervention points.
- Convert engineering feedback into improved agent skills and repeatable process improvements.
Requirements
Must-have skills and experience:
- Proven leadership of engineering managers or team leads, including hiring, coaching, and career development.
- Embedded firmware development and debugging skills, including hardware interactions, PCI Express protocols, and silicon bringup or product integration.
- Experience delivering engineering tools, automated validation, or continuous integration infrastructure.
- Clear technical communication and practical planning across concurrent projects.
- Hands-on experience building and optimizing reusable AI agent skills through evaluation, feedback, and iteration.
- Experience designing HOTL processes with human oversight, exception handling, and clear engineering accountability.
Nice-to-have:
- Firmware delivery experience for network adapters or switches (link training and recovery).
- Experience with reusable regression suites, lab automation, or advanced debugging tools.
- Proven ability to scale agent workflows across engineering teams with measurable gains in quality or delivery time.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
About the Company
Company: NVIDIA
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.
