← All roles

Senior System Management Architect

NVIDIA· Architect
Apply on company site
Hybrid (Tel Aviv), Hybrid (Ra'anana), Hybrid (Yokneam)Full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Lead the management architecture for SmartNIC platforms, focusing on system- and board-level management, provisioning, recovery, and secure orchestration across NIC ASICs, BMCs, MCUs, CPUs, and CPLDs.

Responsibilities

  • Define and document comprehensive production, provisioning, update, recovery and reset flows for SmartNIC cards, ensuring alignment with platform-level needs and coordination among NIC ASIC, BMC, CPU, and peripherals.
  • Specify security provisioning flows including OTP fusing, secure boot enablement, attestation key injection, certificate chain management, RPMC key derivation, and PQC requirements; define IPN-to-OPN transition and component locking procedures.
  • Specify the use of standard management protocols (MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, NC-SI) for secure boot, firmware updates, and telemetry gathering.
  • Dive deep into device-level hardware and software behaviour; define CPLD logic requirements, power-sequencing dependencies, and reset orchestration for multi-host and standalone SmartNIC environments.
  • Architect intra-board communication pathways using PCIe, I2C/I3C, USB, and SPI, ensuring robust OOB and in-band management connectivity.
  • Collaborate with Production, Hardware and Firmware Engineering, NIC FW/Driver teams, and QA to translate specifications into implementable, testable realities.
  • Author rigorous technical specifications, test plans, and architectural design documents for development and factory production.

Qualifications

  • BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
  • 8+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Deep system-level perspective with background in SmartNIC boards, chassis, or network tray architectures
  • Hands-on experience debugging or architecting BMCs (e.g., OpenBMC), MCUs, CPUs, and complex networking ASICs
  • Strong knowledge of platform management and security protocols (MCTP, PLDM Type 2/5, SPDM, NC-SI)
  • Proficiency with board-level interfaces (I2C, I3C, SPI, USB) and system interconnects (PCIe, including link states and reset mechanisms)
  • Excellent ability to write clear technical specifications, state machines, and sequence diagrams
  • Willingness to work on-site in Israel (Tel Aviv, Ra’anana, Yokneam) and collaborate across functions

Skills

Required:System architecture and flow definitionSecurity provisioningProtocol implementation (MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, NC-SI)Hardware interface knowledge

Benefits

  • Select benefits described or implied by typical roles (not explicitly listed in description)
Last updated Jul 31, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About NVIDIA

World Leader in AI Computing

NVIDIA invents the GPU and drives advances in AI, HPC, gaming, creative design, autonomous vehicles, and robotics.

AIautonomous vehiclesgaminggpugraphics cardhigh performance computingliquid-ai-recruiting-targetllm
Company profileWebsite

More open roles at NVIDIA