Principal Technical Program Manager, NPI - Data Center

Posted:
8/8/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Product

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. We are looking to hire a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead the manufacturing operationalization of sophisticated AI accelerator boards and systems. Working as a team, you will guide these products through the early design phase though to delivery of a stable manufacturable product, collaborating closely with the engineering, product development, planning, procurement, factory, and executive management teams. As part of NVIDIA’s Data Center Operations organization your primary role will be to manage all the operations milestones for new products, from Pre-Design to Production release. The portfolio of the data center products ranges from customer integrable HGX GPU accelerators, through modular DGX GPU/CPU products, to complete rack and L11 cluster solutions. You will be helping to deliver the most sophisticated AI accelerators to a vast array of industries, working in a high caliber team.

What you'll be doing:

  • The NPI Senior TPM role is responsible for coordinating and tracking operations deliverables for new systems from design through to production release.

  • A successful candidate will strongly collaborate across planning, product engineering and manufacturing engineering teams to ensure the successful launch of our new servers.

  • Responsible for updating the product bring-up status to the executive team and provide strategies to mitigate risk.

  • Define the program management framework and tactics for successfully launching graphics-based server products from design/development/qualification/validation, through production release.

  • Maintain project budgets and track procurement and delivery of bring-up hardware to facilitate the engineering teams.

  • Align System Baseboard/Server availability for internal and external customers during the NPI phase.

  • Track reliability, qualification, product certification, and manufacturing readiness gates across the engineering and CEM production teams.

  • Align manufacturing and test assumptions and provide program management support for the initial production ramp plan.

What we need to see:

  • 15+ years experience in product management/production in server space.

  • Leadership – ability to influence and drive the correct behaviors, negotiate your position and to make and defend solid data driven decisions.

  • Strong communication skills, ability to detail and clearly articulate the status and final project deliverables at all levels of the organization.

  • Meaningful work experience in technical program, project, or product management role in the server space preferred.

  • Pragmatic problem-solving skills, comfortable with making rapid, informed decisions or escalating, as necessary.

  • BS degree or equivalent experience in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering preferred.

  • Ability to thrive and adapt in a fast-paced environment.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • A highly structured, organized approach to program management

  • Technical depth in hardware and software development techniques.

  • In-depth knowledge of factory production techniques and test strategies.

  • Direct experience delivering complex products to Cloud based customers.

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 outstanding 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. With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you. Come build the future with us!

The base salary range is 224,000 USD - 356,500 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.