Director, Tegra Firmware

Details

NVIDIA is seeking a technical and organizational leader to guide foundational firmware development for Tegra CPU and system-on-chip platforms. Tegra combines high-performance CPUs with NVIDIA GPUs and specialized accelerators to power autonomous vehicles, robotics, industrial automation, edge AI, and other demanding applications. The role will guide globally distributed teams responsible for CPU and SoC initialization, secure boot, system control, safety services, confidential computing, and production diagnostics.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow globally distributed firmware teams and engineering managers.
• Own delivery from architecture and pre-silicon development through bring-up, production, and long-term support.
• Direct development of CPU boot, memory and coherency initialization, multicore startup, power-state transitions, confidential computing, 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, including 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.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of overall experience in embedded firmware, system software, or low-level platform software.
• 7+ years of engineering leadership experience, including leading managers or distributed teams.
• Proven success delivering complex CPU or SoC firmware from architecture through production.
• Deep understanding of CPUs, multicore systems, caches, coherency, memory, interrupts, power management, and hardware-software interfaces.
• Strong knowledge of bare-metal or real-time firmware, bootloaders, embedded operating systems, Linux internals, and hardware bring-up.
• Experience with heterogeneous SoCs containing CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, security processors, or system-control microcontrollers.
• Experience with pre-silicon development, post-silicon debugging, failure analysis, and in-field diagnostic processes.
• Strong understanding of firmware quality, reliability, secure development, and product lifecycle management.
• Excellent technical judgment, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NVIDIA Tegra or another complex automotive, robotics, industrial, or edge-computing SoC.
• Expertise in ARM Trusted Firmware, UEFI, bootloaders, secure monitors, RTOS platforms, or system-control processors.
• Knowledge of safety analysis, fault-tolerant architecture, safety cases, or Safety Element out of Context development.
• Experience with threat modeling, hardware roots of trust, secure and measured boot, attestation, key management, or secure update.
• A record of influencing CPU or SoC architecture across multiple silicon generations.

Benefits

NVIDIA offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, equity, and benefits for employees and their families. The base salary is determined based on location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

Applications will be accepted at least until September 5, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes and is committed to an inclusive, equal-opportunity work environment.