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 be part of something truly outstanding!

In this role, you’ll collaborate with a world-class team at the forefront of AI and accelerated computing technology! In this role you’ll drive the development of low-level firmware powering NVIDIA’s AI-accelerator hardware. This is an opportunity to influence key technical decisions, shape system behavior, and deliver high-quality firmware for cutting-edge platforms.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain firmware across the product stack (bootloader, drivers, RTOS, 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

B.S. 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 solid understanding of low-level hardware interaction and system programming.
Experience with real-time operating systems (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, VxWorks, ThreadX) and/or bare-metal firmware.
Hands-on experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen3/4/5, DDR4/5, SerDes, Ethernet) and common peripheral buses (SPI, I²C, UART, CAN).
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across hardware/software boundaries.

Benefits

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.