Senior Systems Software Engineer, Data Center Platform Enablement

Job Title

Senior Systems Software Engineer, Data Center Platform Enablement

Role Summary

Work on bring-up, integration, validation and troubleshooting for GPU rack compute-tray platforms used in data centers. The role partners with hardware architects, firmware and software teams, ODMs, and manufacturing to ensure systems meet design and deployment requirements.

Experience Level

Senior — requires demonstrated individual-contributor experience; role expects senior-level responsibility and leadership on platform bring-up and validation.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include system bring-up, validation, and cross-team coordination.

• Bring up and debug early server prototypes in datacenter system labs (power-on, initialization, hardware/firmware interactions).
• Integrate and validate CPU, GPU, memory, NIC, PCIe, NVMe, cooling and related components at platform level.
• Review schematics and board designs; provide hardware feedback to influence system design.
• Use simulation and emulation to validate early designs and accelerate development.
• Support factory and manufacturing flows: firmware updates, diagnostics, BOM change signoff, and process optimization.
• Drive root-cause analysis for bring-up failures and collaborate with partners, ODMs, and customers on issue resolution.
• Develop diagnostic tools and automation to qualify system software and firmware stacks.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and practical experience.

• Strong experience in computer system and firmware architecture for server products; experience with CPLD/FPGA design and RTL.
• Proven delivery of enterprise server products from definition through deployment.
• Deep understanding of low-level interfaces and platform boot: SBIOS, BMC, OS interactions and buses such as I2C, SPI, PCIe, JTAG; PCIe enumeration and high-speed I/O at platform level.
• Hands-on debugging in embedded Linux environments and strong debugging methodology.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and scripting with bash and Python.
• Experience using simulation (e.g., QEMU) and emulation tools to validate early designs; familiarity with using AI tools to accelerate design and debug.
• Experience working with hardware teams, ODMs, and vendors to introduce and support server platforms.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with early design and power-on debug of server platforms.
• Proven leadership handling challenging issues in fast-paced environments.
• Experience developing automated diagnostic test tools and test frameworks for platform validation.

Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience. The role expects ~8+ years of relevant experience as a senior individual contributor.

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.