Senior Firmware Engineer for SoC Boot & Security

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, CA is hiring Senior Firmware Engineer for GPU boot and security software across Automotive, Embedded, and Data Center platforms.

You'll design, develop, and validate SOC & GPU boot code, participate in silicon lifecycle from pre-silicon to bring-up, and collaborate with architecture, software, and hardware teams to advance next-generation NVIDIA SoCs. Strong C, bare-metal firmware, and security skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering.
• 5+ years of proven experience in relevant roles.
• Proficiency in bare-metal firmware development, particularly with PCIE, ACPI and ARM/RISC-V technologies.
• Familiarity with computer system architecture, microprocessors, and microcontroller fundamentals (caches, buses, DMA).
• Expertise in C programming languages, coupled with outstanding debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate SOC & GPU Boot and Security software across Automotive, Embedded, and Data Center platforms.
• Participate actively in the new silicon lifecycle, spanning pre-silicon simulation/emulation to silicon power-on bring-up phases.
• Identify, debug, and resolve issues within the Boot stack, ensuring detailed operation.
• Collaborate closely with architecture, software, and hardware build teams to improve the next generation of NVIDIA System-on-Chips.

Skills

Bare-metal firmware

C programming

Debugging

Security programming

Communication

ARM/RISC-V

PCIE/ACPI

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in EE/CS/CE

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, CA is hiring Senior Firmware Engineer for GPU boot and security software across Automotive, Embedded, and Data Center platforms.

You'll design, develop, and validate SOC & GPU boot code, participate in silicon lifecycle from pre-silicon to bring-up, and collaborate with architecture, software, and hardware teams to advance next-generation NVIDIA SoCs. Strong C, bare-metal firmware, and security skills are required.