Senior System Firmware Engineer

NVIDIA•Hillsboro, CA

About The Position

NVIDIA is seeking exceptional individuals to join us at the forefront of technological advancement, driving the next generation of computing. This role involves designing, implementing, and delivering innovations for GPU-based Client products with a focus on firmware development. You will work with a global team of BIOS (UEFI) developers on NVIDIA client designs, creating performance-optimized UEFI/BIOS solutions using industry standards. The position requires instrumenting code for maximum coverage, writing and automating unit tests, and maintaining detailed unit test reports. You will also provide software quality reports, collaborate with the security team to ensure code aligns with product security goals, and partner closely with hardware teams to influence hardware design and review architecture. Additionally, you will work with QA/Test architects to develop proper test tools and automation for qualifying the system software and firmware stack.

Requirements

Domain expertise in System BIOS (UEFI) Firmware development on X86 or ARM Platforms.
Strong experience with IBVs or EDK2 Firmware architecture.
Solid experience of end-to-end delivery of client products from definition to customer deployment.
Solid understanding of low-level interfaces between BIOS (UEFI) and OS like I2C/SPI/PCIe/JTAG etc.
PCIe enumeration, IO at platform level for client products.
Experience working closely with HW teams, ODMs and vendors to introduce and support client platforms.
Experience with C/C++ development, bash/python for scripting, and debugging skills in embedded Linux/Windows operating environments.
Possess excellent written and oral communication skills, good work ethics, high sense of team-work, love to produce quality work and commitment to finish your tasks every single day.
Be a self-starter who loves to find creative solutions to exciting problems.
Bachelor’s Degree or higher; in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
8+ years of experience, with demonstrated strong ability as individual contributor.

Nice To Haves

Proven record in delivering BIOS(UEFI) for ARM architecture based client products
Experience working with IBVs or IBV solutions

Responsibilities

Designing, implementing, and delivering innovations for GPU based Client products with focus on firmware development.
Working with a global team of BIOS(UEFI) developers on NVIDIA client designs.
Designing and developing performance optimized UEFI/BIOS solutions using industry Standards.
Instrumenting code to ensure maximum code coverage, writing and automating unit tests for each implemented module and maintain detailed unit test case reports.
Providing software quality reports based on static analysis, code coverage, CPU load.
Working with security team to ensure developed code is in line with product security goals.
Partner closely with hardware teams to influence hardware design and review HW architecture & schematics.
Working with QA/Test architects to come up with proper test tools and automation for qualifying the whole system software and firmware stack.