Senior Firmware Engineer - LPU

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 184,000-356,500 per year

SENIOR

✅ Hybrid

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Details

Join NVIDIA as a Senior Firmware Engineer and help develop low-level firmware powering AI-accelerator hardware. You will collaborate with teams working at the forefront of AI and accelerated computing technology, influence technical decisions, shape system behavior, and deliver high-quality firmware for cutting-edge platforms.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain firmware across the product stack, including bootloaders, drivers, real-time operating systems, and system services.
Develop firmware specifications and define clear interface behaviors across system components.
Profile, optimize, and validate latency-critical code paths to ensure strong performance and reliability.
Collaborate with hardware, silicon, system software, and AI teams to define interfaces and support system integration.
Debug and resolve complex system-level issues involving firmware and hardware interactions.
Contribute to system bring-up, validation, and continuous improvements in firmware quality and robustness.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of professional firmware development experience on complex SoC/ASIC platforms.
Strong proficiency in C/C++ (C11 or later), with a solid understanding of low-level hardware interaction and system programming.
Experience with real-time operating systems such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr, VxWorks, or ThreadX, and/or bare-metal firmware.
Hands-on experience with high-speed interfaces, including PCIe Gen3/4/5, DDR4/5, SerDes, and Ethernet.
Experience with common peripheral buses, including SPI, I²C, UART, and CAN.
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across hardware/software boundaries.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience developing firmware for AI/ML hardware or datacenter-scale systems.
Proven ability to deliver high-quality firmware in complex, cross-functional environments.
Experience with system bring-up, validation, and performance tuning.
Familiarity with firmware testing frameworks and automation.
Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive effective technical solutions.

Benefits

Competitive salary.
Equity eligibility.
Benefits package.
Inclusive work environment and equal-opportunity employment.

Applications will be accepted at least until July 10, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.