Lead System Software Engineer Platform - Server Embedded Firmware

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 224,000-431,200 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

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Details

NVIDIA is looking for a Lead System Software Engineer to develop microcontroller firmware and server manageability software for GPU server platforms. The role focuses on ARM M-class microcontrollers, embedded RTOS environments, BMC solutions, and DMTF-standard management protocols.

Responsibilities

Design and implement microcontroller firmware for GPU server platforms, including ARM M-class microcontrollers.
Develop C and C++ server manageability features in RTOS-based, embedded-optimized environments using Zephyr or FreeRTOS.
Perform microcontroller firmware bring-up, debugging, performance analysis, and coding of manageability features for NVIDIA server platforms.
Develop embedded management software for reporting and connectivity between server management devices.
Implement register-based communication and DMTF standard messaging protocols for interaction between BMCs, GPUs, switches, memory, I/O expanders, sensors, and local microcontroller peripherals.
Design a portable microcontroller framework for use across 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 align code with security goals and influence hardware design and architecture reviews.
Develop performance-optimized active-monitoring BMC solutions using DMTF standards including MCTP, Redfish, SPDM, and PLDM.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
At least 12 years of experience in low-level microcontroller firmware development using Zephyr or FreeRTOS.
Demonstrated experience developing BMC and/or microcontroller firmware for managing CPU, GPU, network, and storage devices.
Experience with embedded interfaces including USB and I3C.
Experience with ARM integrated development environments, debuggers, logic and protocol analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
Deep understanding of interrupt schemes, multithreading, DMA, memory management, and resource-constrained embedded environments.
Strong embedded programming and scripting skills using C, C++, Bash, Python, Go, or similar languages.
Experience reviewing and using hardware schematics, reference manuals, and datasheets for embedded development.
Expertise with server manageability protocols such as MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, SMBus, and OCP recovery.
Solid understanding of Linux fundamentals, distributions, packages, upgrade mechanisms, and image building and deployment.

Preferred Qualifications

Hands-on experience with microcontroller embedded firmware development and out-of-band management.
Hands-on experience implementing an MCTP stack in embedded environments or FPGA.
Contributions to industry groups or open-source projects such as Open Compute, OpenBMC, or DMTF.
Expertise in system software and platform security for x86- and ARM-based rack or blade server systems.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range for Level 5: USD 224,000–356,500 per year.
Base salary range for Level 6: USD 272,000–431,250 per year.
Eligibility for equity and benefits.
Applications will be accepted at least until August 1, 2026.
NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive work environment.