Senior System Firmware Engineer

Posted:
9/27/2024, 6:59:30 AM

Location(s):
Texas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

As a member of our NVLink development team, you will be responsible for driving feature enablement post silicon and firmware/verification infrastructure for our next-generation GPU's which enables high-performance interconnect of multi-GPU systems. Familiarity with high-performance systems and networking protocols and architectures is a bonus.

What you'll be doing:

  • Drive bringup, feature enablement and debug on GPU systems post silicon.

  • Collaborate with architecture, hardware and firmware teams on activities related to firmware enablement, design for debug and test (DFx).

  • Triage and resolve firmware issues  during customer quals/in the field.

  • Log bugs, track coverage metrics and perform gap analysis.

  • Work on developing automation tools and infrastructure to improve our firmware development, regressions and verification process

What we need to see: 

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

  • 5+ years of minimum experience in a software verification role

  • Excellent debugging and analytical skills

  • Software Development/ Verification knowledge is a bonus

  • Experience with Python/Perl/C/C++

  • Familiarity with computer system architecture, microprocessors, and microcontroller fundamentals (caches, buses, DMA, etc).

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with on-site and remote teams


Ways to stand out from the crowd: 

  • You're passionate about low level software development/debug/verification

  • Experience with HW/SW interactions 

  • Experience with RTOS/RISCV programming/debugging

  • Ability to work independently with minimum supervision

  • Schedule oriented with excellent execution abilities

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. Are you creative and autonomous? Do you love the challenge of crafting the highest performance & lowest power silicon possible? If so, we want to hear from you. Come, join our NVLink design team and help build the real-time, cost-effective computing platform driving our success in this exciting and quickly growing field.

The base salary range is 128,000 USD - 201,250 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

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.

NVIDIA

Website: https://www.nvidia.com/

Headquarter Location: Santa Clara, California, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1993

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Grant

Industries: Artificial Intelligence (AI) ⋅ GPU ⋅ Hardware ⋅ Software ⋅ Virtual Reality