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. NVIDIA is searching for an outstanding security 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.
The GPU Firmware team builds the root of trust firmware for GPUs that provides secure boot, update, and attestation services for all our GPU products from gaming to high-performance compute in the datacenter. We want your help to build an industry leading security posture for a security critical component across all these products.
What you’ll be doing:
- Design, develop, test, debug, and optimize GPU firmware throughout the entire GPU lifecycle
- Continuously evaluate and improve the security posture of firmware and hardware that form the root of trust for our products
- Improve team software process and core infrastructure by enhancing build systems, regression farms, and security test infrastructure
- Participate in in-depth security reviews of software, hardware, process, and infrastructure
- Facilitate security requirements and solutions by participating in industry standards such as NIST, Open Compute Project, DMTF etc., and aligning with key customers and partners
- Collaborate with NVIDIA’s and third-party vendors’ hardware and software teams to improve security across hardware, BootROMs, and software stacks
- Work within a larger virtual security team on other parts of the GPU stack, as necessary
What we need to see:
- BS or MS degree in EE/CS/CE (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years’ experience in developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software
- 2+ years’ experience in building secure firmware and working with hardware security components
- Strong C skills
- Secure software fundamentals including cryptography, authentication/attestation, chains of trust, and understanding of common SW security vulnerabilities
- 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 with threat modeling, formal design analysis, hardware/firmware architecture, and other demonstrable security experience in a defensive security focused role.
- Background with secure development techniques such as attack-trees, static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and negative testing
- Experience developing for safety critical platforms
- Experience with formal verification
- Passion for your work
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.Skills Required
- BS or MS degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software
- 2+ years of experience building secure firmware and working with hardware security components
- Strong C programming skills
- Knowledge of cryptography, authentication, attestation, chains of trust, and common software security vulnerabilities
- Ability to collaborate closely with hardware designers and software engineers
- Experience with threat modeling, formal design analysis, hardware or firmware architecture, or defensive security
- Experience with attack trees, static or dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and negative testing
- Experience developing for safety-critical platforms
- Experience with formal verification
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity awards and a discounted ESPP are highlighted as core parts of total compensation, enabling employees to share in the company’s success. Stock-based compensation and the two-year lookback ESPP are consistently described as especially valuable.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is portrayed as robust, with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options alongside mental health support and on-site care resources. Employer HSA contributions and wellness perks reinforce the depth of the offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are depicted as strong, featuring a meaningful 401(k) match with Roth options and support for Mega Backdoor Roth contributions. These elements position long-term savings as a notable advantage of the total rewards package.
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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.”
