Senior System Software Engineer, Firmware

4 Months ago • 5 Years + • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

NVIDIA seeks a Senior System Software Engineer, Firmware to drive feature enablement post-silicon and firmware/verification infrastructure for next-generation GPUs. Responsibilities include bring-up, debugging on GPU systems, collaborating with architecture, hardware, and software teams on feature design, triaging firmware issues, logging bugs, and developing automation tools. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of software development experience, excellent debugging and analytical skills, proficiency in Python/Perl/C/C++, and familiarity with computer system architecture. Experience with RTOS/RISCV programming and HW/SW interactions is highly desirable.
Must have:
  • 5+ years software development experience
  • Excellent debugging & analytical skills
  • Proficiency in Python/Perl/C/C++
  • Familiarity with computer architecture
Good to have:
  • Software Verification, DFx knowledge
  • Experience with HW/SW interactions
  • RTOS/RISCV programming/debugging
  • Experience with high-performance systems and networking protocols

Job Details

We are looking for a Senior System Software Engineer!

As a member of our NVLink development team, you will drive feature enablement post silicon and firmware/verification infrastructure for our next-generation GPUs that enable 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 software teams on feature design, development and enabling.

  • 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:

  • BE / B.Tech or ME / M.Tech (or equivalent experience) degree in EE/CS or related field

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

  • Excellent debugging and analytical skills

  • Software Verification, DFx 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/ debugging / 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.

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Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

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