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Senior Firmware Security Engineer

NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
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Santa Clara, CA$152k - $241.5kfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Security software engineer on the GPU Firmware team focused on securing and innovating the boot process for GPUs, delivering root of trust firmware with secure boot, update, and attestation across product lines.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, debug, and optimize GPU firmware throughout the entire GPU lifecycle
  • Continuously evaluate and improve the security posture of firmware and hardware that form the root of trust for our products
  • Improve team software process and core infrastructure by enhancing build systems, regression farms, and security test infrastructure
  • Participate in in-depth security reviews of software, hardware, process, and infrastructure
  • Facilitate security requirements and solutions by participating in industry standards such as NIST, Open Compute Project, DMTF etc., and aligning with key customers and partners
  • Collaborate with NVIDIA’s and third-party vendors’ hardware and software teams to improve security across hardware, BootROMs, and software stacks
  • Work within a larger virtual security team on other parts of the GPU stack, as necessary

Qualifications

  • BS or MS degree in EE/CS/CE (or equivalent experience)
  • 5+ years’ experience in developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software
  • 2+ years’ experience in building secure firmware and working with hardware security components
  • Strong C skills
  • Secure software fundamentals including cryptography, authentication/attestation, chains of trust, and understanding of common SW security vulnerabilities
  • Easy to work with, collaborating with hardware designers and other software engineers to design, develop, and debug GPU subsystems

Skills

Required:C programmingFirmware developmentSecure software fundamentals

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits (see NVIDIA benefits)
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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