Nvidia Senior Firmware Engineer 

United States, California 

647143380

What you'll be doing:

• Support development of (bare metal) firmware run on embedded microcontrollers within NVIDIA GPUs.

• Collaborate with the hardware and software teams to architect new features and guide future development.

• Optimize software to improve system robustness, performance and security.

• Participate in testing new and existing firmware.

• Perform system bring-up, debug, and validation.

• Ensure compliance to functional safety standards (ISO 26262 and ASPICE). This includes defining requirements, architecture and design with end-to-end traceability, performing safety analyses - FMEA/DFA/FTA and ensuring code compliance to MISRA and Cert-C standards.

What we need to see:

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or closely related degree or equivalent experience

• At least 5+ years of meaningful experience

• Proven software engineering background with experience in embedded software development

• Proficiency in C/C++

• Understanding of the software development life-cycle, from requirements to testing closure and maintenance

• 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

• Strong debugging and analytical skills

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Familiarity with general HW concepts

• Experience with functional safety

• Background with security risk analysis