NVIDIA

Principal Engineer - DL and AI Software

Santa Clara, CA, US

$425.5k
6 days ago
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Summary

NVIDIA has an outstanding opportunity for a Sr. Manager, Materials Planning Management to join our Global Supply Management team in Santa Clara, CA. This role offers an exceptional chance to be at the forefront of transforming our supply chain into a digitally optimized operation. You will lead a team of dedicated individuals, driving initiatives that ensure flawless execution and seamless collaboration across various functions in the materials supply chain.

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Materials Planners by defining objectives, priorities, and performance metrics aligned with organizational objectives.
  • Coordinate the end-to-end materials planning management for new product introductions (NPI) from initial concept to production launch.
  • Ensure material readiness to support program achievements, including prototyping for multi-source qualifications, production ramp-up, and full-scale manufacturing.
  • Work closely with Engineering to ensure Bill of Materials (BOM) accuracy and risk-buy readiness align with program requirements.
  • Proactively address material shortages, lead times, and supplier constraints to mitigate supply chain risks.
  • Develop and implement materials and supply chain strategies to ensure supply readiness and support delivery objectives.
  • Employ digital tools to improve supplier collaboration and streamline procurement processes across all global regions.
  • Champion data-driven decision-making to anticipate challenges and uncover opportunities for efficiency.
  • Establish and monitor critical metrics, using digital dashboards for real-time tracking of materials readiness and supply versus demand performance.

What We Need To See:

  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience (master’s degree preferred).
  • Minimum of 12 overall years of experience (with 6+ years managing a team) in materials management, procurement, or supply chain management within a semiconductor OEM environment.
  • Proven experience leading digital transformation initiatives in supply chain management, particularly involving AI technologies.
  • Strong understanding of supply chain processes, NPI cycles, and material planning systems.
  • Strong technical knowledge of semiconductor materials and contract manufacturing processes.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
  • Strong understanding of ERP/MRP systems, tools driven by artificial intelligence, and platforms for analyzing supply chain data.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and effectively prioritize tasks.
  • Experience with agentic AI systems in supply chain applications is preferred.

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

The NVIDIA Deep Learning / AI Software engineering organization is looking for software engineering talent to lead the bringup and delivery of NVIDIA's AI software stack on new generations of hardware architectures. As a software engineering leader, you will work with other departmental engineering leaders and program and product managers as a collaborative team to develop, analyze, optimize, and continually adapt end-to-end delivery execution for our complex software stack. Your work will directly impact the time to market, quality, and performance of the software that NVIDIA launches with each new generation of hardware.

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Coordinate and lead highly technical multi-functional teams
  • Drive continuous improvement of execution to enable ever-faster delivery of ever-more-complex software with world-class quality
  • Supervise engineering and program execution for future-generation software delivery, creatively and collaboratively optimizing plans on the fly
  • Review new product designs for technical feasibility on behalf of DL/AI software organization with an eye for cross-functional complexity and its impact on ongoing development
  • Advise senior management on design directions, software readiness, and delivery plans
  • Present to internal collaborators and NVIDIA leadership on roadmaps, vision, and design decisions; lead technical deep dives and lessons learned to align teams
  • Optimize resource sharing and utilization across teams to reduce time to delivery

What We Need To See:

  • 15+ yrs of experience with designing and building complex software systems, especially in C++ and Python
  • Practical experience with industry-standard semiconductor development workflows and the process of system and application software bringup for next-gen hardware
  • BS/MS degree in Computer science or related areas (or equivalent experience)
  • Proven track record driving multi-functional teams across disparate divisions and fields within a company, working collaboratively and coordinating effectively
  • Highly motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to detect problems and misalignments and guide engineering teams across the entire AI software and hardware stack toward creative solutions

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd:

  • Prior experience developing DL/AI systems software, including frameworks, libraries, or kernels for mathematical or communication operators used in DL/AI
  • Deep understanding of software performance analysis and optimization
  • Solid understanding of modern Program Management methodologies and tools and a passion for engineering process optimization
  • Understanding of distributed systems and High Performance Computing workloads

NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for phenomenal people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and dedicated people in the world working for us. If you're creative and passionate about delivering complex software, we want to hear from you!

The base salary range is 272,000 USD - 425,500 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.

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