Senior Firmware Engineer - GPU

Reposted 9 Days Ago
Be an Early Applicant
Santa Clara, CA
In-Office
184K-357K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Hardware • Robotics • Metaverse
The Role
As a Senior Firmware Engineer, you'll design, develop, and optimize GPU firmware, collaborating with hardware and software teams to enhance GPU boot processes.
Summary Generated by Built In

Do you enjoy hacking and tinkering at the lowest levels of software? Are you capable of crafting and implementing creative secure firmware solutions in heavily resource-constrained environments? If so, you’re primed to help develop the boot software that powers the world’s best GPUs.

We are searching for an outstanding software engineer to fill an exciting, yet fun role on our GPU Firmware team. You will be joining a team whose primary mission is solving the intricate enigma of securing and innovating the boot process for our GPUs, while working through the formidable constraints of boot-time and storage space. Every. Byte. Counts. This is your chance to create waves in the industry while directly working with and alongside some of the most top-valued diverse set of minds in the business. Your goal will be to shape the future of GPU technologies doing exactly what you enjoy: solving puzzles. If this sounds exciting and you’re up for the task, we’d certainly like to hear from you!

What you’ll be doing:

  • Design, develop, test, debug, and optimize creative solutions for GPU firmware throughout the entire GPU lifecycle

  • Work closely with hardware, software, infrastructure, and business teams to transform new firmware features from idea to reality

  • Work with leading OS and PC vendors to improve and innovate on the startup experience

  • Improve team software process and core infrastructure by enhancing build systems and regression farms

What we need to see:

  • BS or MS degree in EE/CS/CE (or equivalent experience)

  • 8+ years’ experience in developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software

  • Familiarity with industry standards and specifications such as SPI, I2C, PCIe, UEFI and PLDM

  • Strong C skills

  • Even stronger interpersonal skills

  • Sense of humor heavily encouraged, but not required

  • Deep understanding of software process

  • Easy to work with, as you’ll constantly work closely with both hardware designers and other software engineers to design, develop, and debug functional (and non-functional!) aspects of GPU subsystems

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Experience in x86/RISCV/ARM assembly and knowledge of the PC/PCIe/UEFI architectures

  • A background with display technologies such as DP, HDMI, and VGA/VESA specs

  • EEPROM/Flash and storage device programming experience

  • Experience with secure development techniques such as threat models, attack-trees, static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and negative testing

  • Passion for your work

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until January 13, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Top Skills

C
I2C
Pcie
Pldm
Spi
Uefi
Am I A Good Fit?
beta
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.

The Company
HQ: Santa Clara, CA
21,960 Employees
Year Founded: 1993

What We Do

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, NVIDIA is increasingly known as “the AI computing company.”

Similar Jobs

NVIDIA Logo NVIDIA

Senior Firmware Engineer

Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Hardware • Robotics • Metaverse
In-Office
Santa Clara, CA, USA
21960 Employees
148K-288K Annually

Wells Fargo Logo Wells Fargo

Senior Premier Banker - Inglewood

Fintech • Financial Services
Hybrid
Inglewood, CA, USA
205000 Employees
37K-66K Hourly
Hybrid
6 Locations
205000 Employees
23-31 Hourly
Hybrid
2 Locations
205000 Employees
37K-66K Hourly

Similar Companies Hiring

Idler Thumbnail
Artificial Intelligence
San Francisco, California
6 Employees
Fairly Even Thumbnail
Software • Sales • Robotics • Other • Hospitality • Hardware
New York, NY
Bellagent Thumbnail
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Business Intelligence • Generative AI
Chicago, IL
20 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account