Manager, Customer Enablement Engineering - Networking

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

Manager for Customer Enablement Engineering focused on NVIDIA-Cumulus Linux and Data Center networking technologies. The role involves managing a team, understanding customer solutions, resolving complex support cases, collaborating with various departments, and analyzing customer-found defects. Requires strong leadership, technical expertise in networking protocols, and scripting skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage/lead customer enablement engineers of NVIDIA-Cumulus Linux and take full ownership of tasks to drive the joint success of ground breaking solutions in Data Center networking technologies.
  2. Develop a deep understanding of the customer’s solutions, architecture, and internal infrastructure, identifying where NVIDIA platforms, software, and services can bring clear business and technical value.
  3. Act as the “feet on the ground” for critical and complex support cases, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication when hands-on engagement is required.
  4. Multi-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product and Program Management, Engineering and Production line teams, and HR to achieve business objectives, improve user experiences, and develop user-friendly production test content.
  5. Analyzing the customer-found defects, identifying the test gaps, and ensuring they are covered in regression.

Skills

Required

  • B.S. degree or equivalent experience in Engineering/Computer Science/related field
  • 10+ years of proven experience in Software Quality Engineering and Customer Engagements
  • 5+ years of management experience with a team of 5+ engineers
  • Leadership skills
  • Technical expertise in software and hardware systems
  • Effective collaboration skills
  • Hands-on experience on Layer2 and Layer3 protocols (MLAG, VLAN, STP, OSPF, BGP, EVPN)
  • Data Center technologies
  • Experience with test tools (Ixia or Spirent)
  • Working experience of test management tools
  • Strong skills in Python or other scripting languages
  • Good experience working on Unix or Linux-based OS
  • Flexibility to work across time zones

Nice to have

  • Deep competence in Data Center networking technologies
  • Cloud native technologies
  • Experience in working with customers on deployment and pre-production activities
  • Experience in customer account management (telecommunications or cloud providers)
  • Experience with data forwarding, Linux kernel networking, and system software
  • Significant experience in the data center environment
  • Experience with cloud-native concepts
  • Experience with CI methodology & tools (Git, Gerrit, and Jenkins)

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ overall years of proven experience in Software Quality Engineering and Customer Engagements
  • 5+ years of management experience with a team of 5+ engineers
  • strong leadership skills and technical expertise in software and hardware systems
  • effective collaboration across various departments
  • Hands-on experience on any Layer2 and Layer3 protocols like MLAG, VLAN, STP, OSPF, BGP, EVPN and Data Center technologies etc.
  • Strong skills in Python or other scripting languages are a must.