# Principal System Software Engineer - Data Center MODS

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Location**: Santa Clara
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Data Center MODS organisation seeks a Principal Engineer to architect and scale next-generation L10 and L11 diagnostic systems for Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).

In this high-impact role, you will define the technical roadmap and lead multi-functional development to deploy robust diagnostic frameworks for AI accelerator products.

Key responsibilities include:

- Defining technical strategy and development of NVIDIA's Data Center diagnostic systems, orchestrating large-scale stress testing for CPUs, GPUs, networking, memory, and high-speed interconnects.

- Mentoring and growing engineering teams, providing technical leadership and encouraging a culture of innovation and excellence.

- Driving the root-cause analysis of systemic failures that intersect multiple hardware and software domains.

- Partnering with CSPs to diagnose and address scalability challenges within their unique data center infrastructures.

Requirements include:

- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

- 15+ years of system software experience working on highly resilient distributed systems with programming experience in C++ or Python.

- Deep systems knowledge of x86/ARM architectures, Linux OS internals, firmware (UEFI/BIOS), Redfish, HMC, BMC protocols and platform security.

- Consistent track record demonstrating technical leadership leading project teams and setting technical direction.

- Expertise in software testing methodologies with an automation-led, AI-first approach to ensuring software quality.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- C++
- Python
- x86/ARM architectures
- Linux OS internals
- firmware (UEFI/BIOS)
- Redfish
- HMC
- BMC protocols
- platform security

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