Senior Firmware Engineer - Embedded Controller

NVIDIA • Us, CA

22h

About The Position

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 fueled the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern deep learning — 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, we are increasingly known as “the AI computing company.” We're looking to grow our company and establish teams with the most thoughtful people in the world. Are you ready to change the next generation of computing? Join us at the forefront of technological advancement. We are looking for a strong technical Firmware engineer to own firmware development for embedded controllers. You will work with various stakeholders internally and externally, to understand requirements, implement features, debug issues, and provide technical support to partners and customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent experience), and 5+ yrs of proven experience, with demonstrated strong ability as individual contributor.
• Experience implementing firmware in ARM Architecture.
• Experience implementing system software in a Linux OS environment
• Experience implementing Embedded Controller (EC) firmware.
• Solid experience in C/C++ development
• Solid understanding of low-level interfaces like GPIO/I2C/SPI/eSPI/PCIe/JTAG etc.
• PCIe enumeration, IO at platform level for notebooks.
• Experience working closely with HW teams, ODMs and vendors to introduce and support notebooks.
• Background in python for scripting, and debugging skills in embedded Linux operating environments.
• You should possess excellent written and oral communication skills, good work ethics, high sense of teamwork, love to produce quality work and a commitment to finish your tasks every single day.
• You are a self-starter who loves to find creative solutions to exciting problems.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Zephyr OS
• Expertise in Arm embedded architecture.
• Experience in supporting Windows on Arm platforms.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and delivering Embedded Controller (EC) firmware for notebooks
• Integration of EC firmware with other platform firmware
• Provide technical support to the EC Chip vendors and OEMs/ODMs
• Partnering with the EC Chip vendors to ensure products work best with NVIDIA products
• Working with hardware teams to review HW architecture & schematics.
• Collaborate with QA/Test architects to produce proper test tools and automation for qualifying firmware.
• Develop collaterals for EC chip vendors and OEMs/ODMs

Benefits

• Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.
• The base salary range is 148,000 USD - 235,750 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.
• You will also be eligible for equity and benefits .
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees