Senior Pre-silicon Switch Technical Lead

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Raanana, Israel

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Pre-Silicon Switch Technical Lead in Israel to lead complex pre-silicon programs for networking hardware and software development. The role involves managing multi-functional teams, driving technical issue resolution, improving processes, and ensuring software and firmware readiness for new Switch ASICs. Requires 8+ years of design experience, understanding of software development lifecycles, and knowledge of L1, L2, L3 networking.

What you'd actually do

  1. Leading a multi-functional cross org team, responsible for ensuring critical software and firmware is ready to support the bringup of new Switch ASICs
  2. Driving technical issue resolution to enable single day silicon bring up on multiple SW/HW layer while meeting aggressive product schedules.
  3. Drive, improve and introduce in-team and cross-team processes to guarantee high quality pre-silicon execution.
  4. Interface and drive pre-silicon issues across multi-functional teams: Product Management, Architecture, Software Design and Verification, System Hardware and Software, System and IC product engineering teams and others. Drive technical sessions with multi-functional teams to track & follow-up on issues, progress and escalations.
  5. Focused issue reporting, bug tracking, and communication of pre-si technical program risks & status.

Skills

Required

  • B.Sc./ M.Sc. or equivalent experience in Computer Engineering / SW Engineering
  • 8+ years of design experience in multifaceted and multidisciplinary environment
  • Solid understanding in software development lifecycle and methodologies
  • Excellent attention to detail and highly organized
  • Experience with working with Git, Gerrit, Jenkins etc.
  • Firm knowledge of L1, L2, L3 networking
  • Wide system view of HW, System and SW of embedded systems

Nice to have

  • Proven ability with hands on leading silicon projects from concept to production
  • Track record of managing complex, multifaceted schedules, driving improvements and lessons learned into organizational and team processes and methodologies
  • Solid understanding of pre-si HW based emulation and SW based simulation products and tools
  • Ability to build effective working relationships across multiple org. functions, engineers and managers
  • Strong multi-tasking and real-time crisis management skills
  • Ability to understand and extract action plans from complicated technical discussions and translate to clear messaging for multifunctional and executive status reporting
  • Experience in communication equipment (switch-routers) ASIC, System, Microcode/FW or SW layers development
  • Knowledge of real-time Microcode/Firmware/SW, RTOSs and Linux embedded environment

What the JD emphasized

  • leading complicated pre-si programs
  • fine-tuning existing and defining new methodology processes
  • pre-silicon technical leader
  • pre-si programs
  • pre-silicon execution
  • pre-silicon issues
  • pre-si technical program risks