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NVIDIA · 1 day ago

Senior Firmware Engineer - GPU

positionSanta Clara, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$184K/yr - $288K/yr
date8+ years exp

NVIDIA is a leading company in GPU technology, seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to develop secure firmware solutions for their GPUs. The role involves designing, developing, and optimizing firmware while collaborating with various teams to enhance the boot process and overall software infrastructure.

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Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, debug, and optimize creative solutions for GPU firmware throughout the entire GPU lifecycle
Work closely with hardware, software, infrastructure, and business teams to transform new firmware features from idea to reality
Work with leading OS and PC vendors to improve and innovate on the startup experience
Improve team software process and core infrastructure by enhancing build systems and regression farms

Qualification

C programmingDevice BIOS developmentFirmware developmentSPII2CPCIeUEFIAssembly languageEEPROM/Flash programmingSecure development techniquesSoftware process understandingInterpersonal skillsTeam collaboration

Required

BS or MS degree in EE/CS/CE (or equivalent experience)
8+ years' experience in developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software
Familiarity with industry standards and specifications such as SPI, I2C, PCIe, UEFI and PLDM
Strong C skills
Even stronger interpersonal skills
Deep understanding of software process
Easy to work with, as you'll constantly work closely with both hardware designers and other software engineers to design, develop, and debug functional (and non-functional!) aspects of GPU subsystems

Preferred

Experience in x86/RISCV/ARM assembly and knowledge of the PC/PCIe/UEFI architectures
A background with display technologies such as DP, HDMI, and VGA/VESA specs
EEPROM/Flash and storage device programming experience
Experience with secure development techniques such as threat models, attack-trees, static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and negative testing
Passion for your work

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Company

NVIDIA

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NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
dateFounded in 1993
location
Santa Clara, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.09B
Key Investors
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2022-08-09Post Ipo Equity· $65M
2021-02-18Post Ipo Equity

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Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO
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Michael Kagan
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