NVIDIA · 1 day ago
Senior System Software Engineer Platform - Server Embedded Firmware
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$148K/yr - $288K/yr
5+ years expNVIDIA is known as 'the AI computing company' and is seeking to grow its team with talented individuals. The role involves designing and implementing microcontroller firmware for GPU server platforms, developing manageability features, and collaborating with security and hardware teams to ensure code alignment with security goals.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement Microcontroller Firmware for GPU Server platforms, focusing on but not limited to ARM M-class microcontrollers
Develop C/C++ server manageability features in an RTOS embedded-optimized environment
Perform hands-on work with microcontroller firmware bring-up, debugging, performance analysis, and coding manageability features for NVIDIA’s Server platforms
Develop embedded management software to enable reporting and connectivity between server management devices
Implement register-based communication and DMTF standard messaging protocols for seamless interaction between BMC, GPUs, switches, memory, I/O expanders, sensors, and local microcontroller peripherals
Design a highly portable microcontroller framework that will be implemented across a wide variety of server management subsystems
Develop and review code, write and review design documents, and collaborate with team members to meet product requirements
Instrument code for maximum coverage, automate unit tests, maintain detailed test case reports, and provide software quality reports based on static analysis, code coverage, and microcontroller load
Collaborate with security and hardware teams to ensure code aligns with security goals and influence hardware design and architecture review
Develop performance-optimized active monitoring BMC solutions using DMTF Standards such as MCTP, Redfish, SPDM, and PLDM specifications
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor of Science Degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience in low level microcontroller Firmware development on embedded microcontrollers using Zephyr or FreeRTOS
Demonstrated experience in developing BMC and/or microcontroller firmware for managing CPU, GPU, Network and Storage Devices
Experience with the following embedded interfaces - USB and I3C
Sound experience working with ARM Integrated Development Environments (IDE), debuggers, logic and protocol analyzers, and oscilloscopes
A deep understanding of interrupt schemes, multi-threading, DMA, memory management, and working in resource restricted embedded environments
Strong embedded programming and scripting skills using C/C++, Bash, Python, Go, etc
Experience reviewing and using hardware schematics, reference manuals, and datasheets for embedded development
Expertise working with server manageability protocols such as MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, SMBUS, and OCP recovery
Solid understanding of Linux fundamentals, various distributions, packages, upgrade mechanisms, and image building/deployment
Preferred
Hands on background working with microcontroller embedded firmware development and OOB management
Hands-on experience implementing MCTP stack in embedded environments or FPGA
Contributor to industry groups like Open Compute, OpenBMC, DMTF and open source
Expertise in system software and platform security for x86/ARM based Rack/Blade server systems
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