Nvidia Senior Firmware Security Engineer 

United States, California 

168861862

What you’ll be doing:

• Design, develop, test, debug, and optimize GPU firmware throughout the entire GPU lifecycle

• Design and implement creative solutions for boot software

• Continuously evaluate and improve the security posture of firmware and hardware that form the root of trust for our products

• Evaluate and design secure firmware solutions for server platforms

• Build automated security testing infrastructure

• Facilitate security requirements for GPU products by driving compliance with industry standards such as NIST, Open Compute Project, DMTF etc.

• Participate in in-depth security reviews of software, hardware, process, and infrastructure

• Align with customers and partners on security requirements and features

• Work with hardware teams to improve NVIDIA’s GPU security across hardware BootROMs, crypto accelerators, key stores, and other units

• Collaborate with hardware, software, and business teams to transform new firmware features from idea to reality

• Work with leading OS and PC vendors to improve and innovate on the startup experience

• Improve team software process and core infrastructure by enhancing build systems and regression farms

What we need to see:

• BS or MS degree in EE/CS/CE or equivalent experience

• 8+ years’ experience in developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software

• 8+ years’ experience in building secure firmware and working with hardware security components

• Strong C programming skills

• Even stronger interpersonal skills

• Sense of humor heavily encouraged, but not required

• Deep understanding of software process

• Secure software fundamentals including cryptography,authentication/attestation,chains of trust, and understanding of common SW security vulnerabilities

• Easy to work with, as you’ll constantly work closely with both hardware designers and other software engineers to design, develop, and debug functional (and non-functional!) aspects of GPU subsystems

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience in x86/RISCV/ARM assembly and knowledge of the PCIe architecture

• Experience with secure development techniques such as threat models, attack-trees, static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and negative testing

• Experience with formal verification

• Passion for your work