Senior System Software Engineer - GPU Firmware

What you’ll be doing:

• Design, develop, test, debug, and optimize GPU firmware throughout the entire GPU lifecycle.
• Design and implement creative solutions for boot software.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and business teams to transform new firmware features from idea to reality.
• Interact with leading OS and PC vendors to improve and innovate on the startup experience.
• Improve team software process and core infrastructure via projects dealing with build systems and regression farms.
• Continuously evaluate and improve security for firmware that functions as a root of trust for flash and boot security.
• Facilitate security requirements for GPU products by driving compliance with industry standards such as NIST, Open Compute Project, etc.
• Align with customers and partners on security requirements and features.
• Work with hardware teams to improve NVIDIA’s GPU hardware security.

What we need to see:

• BS or MS degree or equivalent experience in EE/CS/CE.
• 4+ years’ experience in developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software.
• Strong C skills.
• Even stronger communication skills.
• Sense of humor heavily encouraged, but not required.
• Deep understanding of software process.
• 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 in x86 assembly and in-depth knowledge of the PC architecture.
• Expertise with display technologies such as DP, HDMI, and VGA/VESA specs.
• Proficient with PCI/PCIe architecture.
• Experience working on protocols like MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, etc
• Good knowledge on developing for UEFI environments.