# Senior System Software Engineer - CPU SoC Boot Firmware

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Location**: Santa Clara, CA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to join the Chips System Software team. The successful candidate will architect and develop boot firmware for flagship CPUs used in high-compute platforms for automotive, datacenter, and other critical applications.

The role involves:

- Building robust features for core boot firmware based on protective and security guidelines

- Defining, decomposing, and verifying functional/safety requirements and architecture

- Performing failure analysis (FMEA/DFA) on Bootloader functionality and architecture

- Collaborating with internal and external teams to develop partnerships

- Validating and verifying features on pre-silicon simulation platforms prior to tapeout

- Silicon verification, feature development, and post-silicon support and productization

Requirements include:

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

- 5+ years of relevant proven experience

- Experience in embedded software development, specifically in areas of ARM technologies and programming

- Strong proficiency in C and Python programming and debugging skills

- Detailed and extensive experience with Linux kernel software

- Excellent interpersonal skills

NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including equity and benefits. The ideal candidate will have a strong desire to continuously improve processes and tools for productivity using AI tools.

## Skills

### Required
- C
- Python
- embedded software development
- ARM technologies
- Linux kernel software

### Nice to have
- AI tools
- Codex
- agentic AI tools

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