Senior System Firmware Engineer - BIOS/UEFI

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 184,000-356,500 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

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Details

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Firmware Engineer to develop firmware innovations for GPU-based client products and contribute to the next generation of computing.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and deliver firmware innovations for GPU-based client products.
Work with a global team of BIOS/UEFI developers on NVIDIA client designs.
Design and develop performance-optimized UEFI/BIOS solutions using industry standards.
Instrument code to ensure maximum code coverage.
Write and automate unit tests for implemented modules and maintain detailed unit test case reports.
Provide software quality reports based on static analysis, code coverage, and CPU load.
Collaborate with the security team to ensure developed code aligns with product security goals.
Partner closely with hardware teams to influence hardware design and review hardware architecture and schematics.
Work with QA and test architects to develop test tools and automation for qualifying the complete system software and firmware stack.

Requirements

Domain expertise in System BIOS/UEFI firmware development on x86 or ARM platforms.
Strong experience with IBV or EDK2 firmware architecture.
Experience delivering client products end to end, from definition through customer deployment.
Solid understanding of low-level interfaces between BIOS/UEFI and operating systems, including I2C, SPI, PCIe, and JTAG.
Experience with PCIe enumeration and platform-level I/O for client products.
Experience working closely with hardware teams, ODMs, and vendors to introduce and support client platforms.
Experience with C/C++ development, Bash and Python scripting, and debugging in embedded Linux and Windows operating environments.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, strong teamwork, good work ethics, commitment to quality, and the ability to work independently and find creative solutions.
Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
Eight or more years of experience with demonstrated strong individual-contributor ability.

Preferred Qualifications

Proven record of delivering BIOS/UEFI for ARM-based client products.
Experience working with IBVs or IBV solutions.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range for Level 4: USD 184,000–287,500 per year.
Base salary range for Level 5: USD 224,000–356,500 per year.
Eligible employees will also receive equity and benefits.
Applications will be accepted at least until July 27, 2026.
NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive work environment.