Firmware Engineer

Join NVIDIA's multidisciplinary group developing firmware, hardware simulation integrations, and diagnostics solutions for next-generation networking products.

What you'll be doing:

• Design and develop firmware features and infrastructure for NVIDIA NICs and Switches, working closely with hardware and architecture teams.
• Integrate firmware with hardware simulators, enabling early development, validation, and debugging of next-generation devices.
• Develop firmware diagnostics and tracing solutions spanning embedded code, host tools, and analysis workflows.
• Investigate complex firmware–hardware interactions across simulation environments and physical devices, collaborating with firmware, silicon, and simulator teams.
• Build automation and AI-assisted workflows to improve firmware development, validation, and root-cause analysis.

What we need to see:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in firmware or embedded software development.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ and low-level programming.
• Excellent data analysis, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Solid understanding of computer architecture, firmware–hardware interactions, embedded processors, and Linux.
• Hands-on experience with Python, Linux scripting, and software development tools.
• Highly motivated, independent, and effective communicator who enjoys working across technical disciplines.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience with RISC-V architecture, hardware simulators, or firmware development before silicon availability.
• Experience developing firmware tracing, logging, diagnostics, or debugging tools.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated firmware validation environments.
• Experience applying AI-assisted development tools or building AI workflows for engineering tasks.
• Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, register-level debugging, or integrating embedded firmware with host-side tools.