Senior Firmware Engineer

Details

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU fueled the PC gaming market. The company’s groundbreaking work in accelerated computing—a supercharged form of computing at the intersection of computer graphics, high performance computing and AI—is reshaping industries, such as transportation, healthcare and manufacturing, and fueling the growth of others. In 2020, NVIDIA acquired Mellanox, a leading supplier of end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand intelligent interconnect solutions and services for servers, storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure. Mellanox increases data center efficiency by providing the highest throughput and lowest latency, delivering data faster to applications and unlocking system performance.

We are looking for an excellent Software Engineer to join the NIC Firmware team. The Firmware team develops innovative networking features for cloud, HPC and storage. We drive the data growth of the world’s biggest companies. With many dedicated engineers around the globe, the work environment is multifaceted, significant and fast paced.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the architecture and different software design teams.
• Implement new features in the core of Mellanox NIC firmware.
• Develop verification tests for advanced features in a highly complex and sophisticated Firmware testing environment.
• Gain a deep understanding of system debug, networking technology and stacks, as well as the HW/FW/SW relationship.
• Lead a small group of firmware engineers developing features for customers.
• Learn how a big software project is operated, maintained, qualified and released, and how Hardware and Firmware are developed.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science/Engineering or similar field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of professional experience.
• Strong C/C++ and scripting languages (like bash, python, etc.).
• Excellent understanding of data structures and algorithms fundamentals.
• Experience in large cloud E2E infrastructure.
• Experience in PCI-E and/or computer networks.
• Strong analytical, debugging and problem solving skills.
• Motivated and independent with strong interpersonal skills.

Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd

• Knowledge of sophisticated network protocols like Infiniband/RoCE.
• Prior verification experience.
• Experience with Agile methods.
• Knowledge in storage protocols like NVME.

Benefits

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. They have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for them. Due to outstanding growth, the best-in-class engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you’re a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, NVIDIA wants to hear from you.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity in employees is highly valued and there is no discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic.

Salary is determined based on location, experience, and pay of employees in similar positions.