Senior Firmware Verification and Bringup Engineer

NVIDIA
Santa Clara
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 184,000 - 356,500 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 6+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Collaboration","Interpersonal skills","Problem-solving","Root cause analysis","Cross-functional communication"]

Join the Memory Subsystem Team to develop bare-metal firmware for NVLINK-C2C and drive validation, debug, and silicon bring-up for NVIDIA products. Collaborate across pre- and post-silicon efforts to enable features, triage firmware issues, and isolate root causes behind boot, training, and hardware/firmware interaction failures. Build automation and AI-assisted flows to improve firmware verification, working closely with system software, RTL design, DV, and emulation teams.

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Senior Firmware Verification and Bringup Engineer

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Job Summary

Join the Memory Subsystem Team to develop bare-metal firmware for NVLINK-C2C and drive validation, debug, and silicon bring-up for NVIDIA products. Collaborate across pre- and post-silicon efforts to enable features, triage firmware issues, and isolate root causes behind boot, training, and hardware/firmware interaction failures. Build automation and AI-assisted flows to improve firmware verification, working closely with system software, RTL design, DV, and emulation teams.
Location: Santa Clara
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop bare-metal firmware for NVLINK-C2C, and validate and debug firmware and silicon bring-up for NVIDIA products.
  • •Collaborate on pre-silicon firmware development and testing to validate features.
  • •Drive silicon bring-up, feature enablement, and debug on silicon.
  • •Triage and resolve firmware issues observed during bringup by isolating root cause and driving fixes.
  • •Develop and maintain automation and AI-assisted flows to improve firmware development and verification, coordinating with system software, RTL design, DV, and post-silicon teams.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 184,000 - 356,500 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •BS or MS in EE with a focus in embedded systems (or equivalent experience).
  • •6+ years of experience in low-level firmware design and verification for pre- and post-silicon.
  • •Hands-on debugging of bare-metal firmware using RTL/SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches and tools such as Verdi, correlating firmware execution with RTL behavior.
  • •Strong RTL and digital debugging skills, with coding ability in C/C++/Python.
  • •Experience with high-speed IO interfaces and practical understanding of PC systems, Windows OS, and Linux.
Experience:6+ years
Education:Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering (EE)
Skills:CollaborationInterpersonal skillsProblem-solvingRoot cause analysisCross-functional communication
Tech Stack:NVLINK-C2CBare-metal firmwareRTLSystemVerilogUVMVerdiCC++PythonAI agentsAI-assisted flowsHigh-speed IOLinuxWindows OSEmulationDVAutomation

Company Brief

NVIDIA
Designs and manufactures GPUs, AI accelerators, and system-on-chip products for gaming, data centers, professional visualization, and automotive markets, enabling advanced graphics, AI, and high-performance computing solutions worldwide.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1993
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