Senior System Firmware Engineer
NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
Santa Clara, CA, Redmond, WA, Hillsboro, OR$184k - $287.5kFull-timePosted 3w ago
About the role
Senior-level firmware engineer focused on GPU-based client products, delivering UEFI/BIOS firmware solutions, collaborating with hardware, security, QA, and BIOS teams to enable client platforms.
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.
Qualifications
- 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.
Skills
Required:System BIOS (UEFI) Firmware developmentIBVs or EDK2 Firmware architectureC/C++ developmentscripting (bash/python)Embedded Linux/Windows debugging
Benefits
- equity
- benefits (as linked in posting)
Last updated Oct 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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