Global Lead, Tegra Firmware & SoC Bring-up

Nvidia; United States; On-site; USD 320,000 - 489,000; Full time

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Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

NVIDIA seeks a skilled technical and organizational leader to guide foundational firmware development for Tegra CPU and SoC platforms. You will lead globally distributed teams responsible for CPU boot, memory initialization, and secure workflows, delivering pre-silicon readiness through production support.

Requires 12+ years in embedded firmware and 7+ years in leadership, with strong architecture judgment and expertise in bare-metal/RTOS/Linux environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years overall in embedded firmware, system software, or low-level platform software.
• 7+ years engineering leadership experience, including leading managers or distributed teams.
• Proven success delivering complex CPU or SoC firmware from architecture through production.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow globally distributed firmware teams and engineering managers.
• Own delivery from architecture and pre-silicon through bring-up, production, and long-term support.
• Direct development of CPU boot, memory and coherency initialization, multicore startup, power-state transitions, confidential compute, and OS handoff.
• Partner with CPU, SoC, hardware, verification, OS, DRIVE OS, safety, security, and product teams on integrated platform delivery.
• Drive pre-silicon readiness, silicon bring-up, fault injection, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and development automation.
• Lead firmware execution for automotive and industrial programs aligned with ISO 26262, IEC 61508, ISO/SAE 21434, and applicable certification requirements.
• Oversee safety and security activities such as requirements traceability, FMEA, FTA, threat analysis, secure design reviews, verification evidence, and assessor engagement.
• Work with OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, industrial customers, and ecosystem partners to resolve technical and delivery challenges.

Skills

Firmware leadership

Embedded firmware

System software

CPU/SoC knowledge

Architectural judgment

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Education

CS/CE/EE degree

Tools

UEFI

ARM Trusted Firmware

Bootloaders

RTOS platforms

Linux internals

Job description

NVIDIA seeks a skilled technical and organizational leader to guide foundational firmware development for Tegra CPU and SoC platforms. You will lead globally distributed teams responsible for CPU boot, memory initialization, and secure workflows, delivering pre-silicon readiness through production support.

Requires 12+ years in embedded firmware and 7+ years in leadership, with strong architecture judgment and expertise in bare-metal/RTOS/Linux environments.