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NVIDIA

Senior SBIOS Firmware Engineer - Bootloader

NVIDIA
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onsite senior full-time Santa Clara

First indexed 27 Apr 2026

Description

As a Senior SBIOS Firmware Engineer - Bootloader, you will design and develop firmware for NVIDIA's ARM-based CPUs. You will collaborate with hardware architecture teams to identify opportunities to improve our architecture and make it more performant generation to generation.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Designing and developing firmware for NVIDIA's ARM-based CPUs
  • Collaborating with hardware architecture teams to improve our architecture and make it more performant generation to generation
  • Developing software and driving ideas to analyze documents and communications to internal and/or external audiences about our technology

Requirements include:

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree (or equivalent experience) with 5+ years of proven experience
  • Strong understanding of multicore hardware, operating systems design, concurrency, virtual memory, caching, interrupts, device drivers, and real-time programming
  • Outstanding C/Python programming abilities
  • Good knowledge of ARMv8/9-based processor architecture
  • Strong knowledge of system-level error handling
  • Good knowledge of ARM bootloader and secure boot concepts
  • Excellent communication skills

Preferred qualifications include:

  • Experience analyzing, debugging, and tuning performance of complex system software stacks
  • Knowledge of virtualization platforms (KVM, QEMU)
  • Understanding of server management protocols such as IPMI, MCTP, PLDM
  • Deep understanding of system-level architecture, such as topologies, interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped I/O
  • Experience working closely with HW teams, ODMs, and vendors to introduce and support server platforms

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