Manager, Software Drivers

NVIDIA is looking for an excellent Drivers Team leader to lead the Inbox Linux Drivers team and make a wide impact on the company products and teams worldwide. The role includes leading the development and maintenance of cutting-edge Linux kernel drivers and userspace libraries for NVIDIA networking technologies, while managing a team of highly skilled Linux engineers responsible for delivering production-quality software across multiple products and distributions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead a team of Linux kernel engineers responsible for developing, maintaining, and delivering Linux networking drivers for NVIDIA NICs across multiple product lines, including Inbox drivers, NVIDIA Kernel, and DOCA Host.
• Drive the design, implementation, maintenance, and integration of Linux kernel drivers and accompanying userspace libraries for state-of-the-art Ethernet and RDMA networking technologies.
• Own the team’s technical execution, roadmap, prioritization, and delivery while mentoring engineers and fostering technical excellence.
• Collaborate closely with architecture, firmware, hardware, validation, DevOps, product, and customer-facing teams across the globe to deliver robust and scalable networking solutions.
• Lead complex debugging and performance investigations across the Linux networking stack, working with both internal stakeholders and open-source communities.
• Ensure high software quality through strong engineering practices, code reviews, automation, and continuous integration.
• Be part of an experienced organization with a collaborative culture, solving challenging problems that power next-generation AI, cloud, and high-performance computing infrastructure.
  
  

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ overall years of hands-on experience developing software in C/C++, including Linux systems programming.
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams, driving technical execution, mentoring engineers, and delivering complex software projects.
• Strong experience working in Linux environments, development tools, build systems, and debugging methodologies.
• Deep understanding of Linux kernel architecture and networking subsystems.
• Strong knowledge of networking technologies and protocols, including Ethernet, RDMA, and InfiniBand.
• Experience developing, maintaining, or debugging Linux kernel drivers or low-level system software.
• Excellent design, coding, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to balance technical leadership with people management while maintaining a strong focus on execution and delivery.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across globally distributed engineering teams.
  
  

• Experience with RDMA technologies, including RoCE and InfiniBand.
• Strong Linux kernel development experience, including upstream kernel contributions.
• Familiarity with Linux networking internals (Netdev, ethtool, devlink, NAPI, XDP, or related subsystems).
• Experience contributing to open-source software and collaborating with upstream Linux communities.
• Familiarity with NVIDIA networking products, DOCA Host, or similar networking software stacks.