Senior Software Development Tech Lead – NVLink FW and NVOS

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 platforms.  

• Proven track record as a technical lead, engineering manager or architect for significant features or products across networking and datacenter infra with clear ownership for both creating and execution of goals..  

• Strong networking acumen, developing or leading the firmware and/or OS development of network infra. 

• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence technical direction across teams while remaining as an individual contributor.  

• Strong hands-on development experience in embedded C/C++ and Python

Ways to stand out from the crowd: 

• Engineering Manager or Technical lead driving the successful development of end-to-end networking projects. Experience developing embedded, RTOS and SDK workflows, for networking infrastructure.

• Contributions to internal or open‑source networking frameworks/OS, tooling, or driving methodologies.  

• Demonstrated history of mentoring senior engineers and elevating engineering standards around building, code quality, and reliability. 

• Proven track record of tech leading engineering from several different teams

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:
224,000 USD – 356,500 USD for Level 5; and 272,000 USD – 431,250 USD for Level 6.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.