Senior Security Firmware Architect – Data Center Systems

Nvidia Corporation in; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 288,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a highly motivated senior security firmware engineer to join the Data Center Systems Software team and secure the platform, including baseboard management controllers and silicon roots of trust.

You will derive security requirements, design and deliver root of trust firmware with secure boot, attestation, and identity provisioning, and own features from architecture to code. You will lead design and code reviews and help drive CI, testing, and release practices across teams.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of software and firmware engineering experience, or equivalent depth, including products built on a hardware root of trust.
• Deep understanding of roof of trust security fundamentals: chains of trust, signing and key management, attestation, and anti-rollback.
• Strong low-level programming skills and understanding of SoC access controls (privilege levels, TrustZone, memory and bus protection).
• Familiarity with server firmware and systems software, plus experience building automation using Python or a comparable language.
• Experience leading technical work across teams without formal authority.
• Experience with modern AI and agents, AI-forward mindset and proactive adoption of new tools and techniques.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on clarity for distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Derive security requirements for NVIDIA’s data center platforms from business needs and threat modeling.
• Design and deliver root of trust firmware with features like secure and measured boot, attestation, provisioning of identities and cryptographic material, and secure debug. Own features from architecture to code.
• Implement industry security standards (e.g.: SPDM, TCG DICE).
• Lead design and code reviews, improve threat modeling, testing, CI, and release practices, and integrate AI-enabled tooling into the workflow.

Skills

Root of trust security fundamentals

Low-level programming

SoC access controls (TrustZone)

Python

Leadership without authority

AI-forward mindset

Communication skills

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Python

Rust firmware

OpenBMC

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a highly motivated senior security firmware engineer to join the Data Center Systems Software team and secure the platform, including baseboard management controllers and silicon roots of trust.

You will derive security requirements, design and deliver root of trust firmware with secure boot, attestation, and identity provisioning, and own features from architecture to code. You will lead design and code reviews and help drive CI, testing, and release practices across teams.