We are looking for a driven person to be our Senior Technical Program Manager for Compute Platform Software focused on NPI. You will work with engineering and product leaders on the planning and execution of programs to develop and publish software enabling new enterprise systems that are at the heart of cross-industry advancement of AI applications. Our work has made major impact in various fields, and is used across leading academic institutions, start-ups, and industry; including the world’s largest Internet companies. We need passionate, hard-working, and creative people to help us reach our engineering goals.  

What you'll be doing:

This NPI TPM role is responsible for tracking results for new systems from design through to production release and aligning those incremental milestones with full production release cycles. You will collaborate with teams across the company to plan and drive software objectives for the team. In this role, you will collect requirements, help define priorities, drive scheduling and planning for all phases of the process implementation. You will develop and maintain schedules for the many moving parts that need to work in parallel. Lead and improve existing product development and software release processes; and collaborate with engineering management to refine the development workflow for maximum engineering efficiency. You will have the opportunity to partner with diverse technical groups, spanning all organizational levels. 

A successful candidate will strongly collaborate across Product and Engineering teams spanning the entire stack to ensure the successful launch of our new products  

Responsible for assessing the product release-readiness status, anticipate risk, and provide strategies to mitigate risk  

Align system baseboard / server availability for internal and external customers during the NPI phase  

Develop program schedules and KPIs to measure release health, predictability, and achievements  

Regularly communicate program status and key issues to senior leadership

Work closely with engineers on architectural discussions and challenge design choices that we make 

Work with Engineering and QA teams on test plans, execution, reviews, failure analysis and assessing overall quality and risk 

Work with Customer Program Managers on software issues including technical feedback from OEMs and CSPs  

Identify failures, lead retrospective analysis, and help to develop improvement action plans

Lead and be viewed as a leader across all Business Units 

What we need to see:

12+ years of hands-on experience with software development and process specifically for new product development in tech or related fields  

Thorough knowledge of hardware engineering and life cycle principles, especially in chip bring up 

Ability to think strategically and tactically and to build consensus to make programs successful  

You should have strong solution focused skills, consistently successful implementing systematic solutions  

You must have experience influencing decisions and leading teams in a dynamic environment  

Enthusiastic, responsive and passionate about finding opportunities for process improvement  

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field or equivalent experience  

Excellent communications and technical presentation skills as well as being thorough and ability to multitask is important  

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Experience on boards and servers in the datacenter space is a big plus  

Previous experience with productizing enterprise server systems including experience of - coordinating activities between HW / SW organizations is highly desirable

Experience in a fast-paced production environment with various constraints

5 years programming of a modern programming language is highly desired 

Deep understanding of software engineering principles and enterprise system architecture as well as experience with productivity tools and process automation 

Our technology has no boundaries! NVIDIA is building the world’s most groundbreaking and innovative compute platforms for the world to use. It’s because of our work that scientists, researchers and engineers can advance their ideas. At its core, our visual computing technology not only enables an amazing computing experience, it is energy efficient! We pioneered a supercharged form of computing loved by the most demanding computer users in the world - scientists, designers, artists, and gamers. It’s not just technology though! It is our people, some of the brightest in the world, and our company culture make NVIDIA one of the most fun, innovative and dynamic places to work in the world! At the center of NVIDIA's culture are our core values like innovation, excellence and determination and team, that guide us to be the best we can be.

The base salary range is 192,000 USD - 304,750 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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.