Technical Program Manager – Chip System Software

NVIDIA seeks an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) for the Chip System Software team. The team builds Linux platform software for AI-RAN and Software-Defined RAN (SD-RAN) solutions, combining NVIDIA technologies with commercial Linux systems like Canonical Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

As a TPM, you will advise on planning, coordination, and delivery of platform software programs, aligning efforts across software, hardware, customers, and ecosystem partners.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Customers, and external vendors to gather and document product and platform software requirements.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, achievements, dependencies, and risk mitigation plans.
• Coordinate activities across Platform Software, Hardware, Silicon, Firmware, Product Management, Quality Engineering, Customer Engineering, and external collaborators.
• Drive software release readiness, ensuring achievements are met for internal development, customer evaluations, and production releases.
• Manage dependencies with external collaborators, including Canonical, Red Hat, silicon vendors, and ecosystem partners.
• Facilitate technical discussions, engineering reviews, build reviews, and program status meetings.
• Define and monitor key program metrics, deliverables, and executive dashboards.
• Support customer engagements by coordinating software deliverables, schedules, and issue resolution.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Engineering Program Management, or Software Development.
• Experience managing complex software programs involving Linux-based platforms.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, Agile methodologies, and software release processes.
• Experience in gathering and handling technical requirements involving several engineering teams and outside partners.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in working with Linux-based software, embedded systems, or enterprise Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and/or RHEL.
• Familiarity with kernel, BSP, software integration, and release engineering.
• Experience in networking, telecommunications, cloud platforms, or Software-Defined RAN technologies.
• Experience collaborating with hardware and software co-development teams.
• PMP, Scrum Master, or equivalent program management certification is a plus.

NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package.