# Senior Software Engineer - DPU Platform

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Location**: Westford
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop system software components such as processor firmware, bootloaders, kernel drivers/modules, and user space applications and libraries. You will collaborate with hardware and product design teams to build software for sophisticated SOC platform designs. You will support global teams with various customer and internal DPU projects. You will address complex system-level optimization and resource utilization challenges. You will engage in all levels of the product development lifecycle, prioritizing clear requirements, software quality, and performance. You will work within a worldwide matrixed software development team, making a broad impact within our dynamic and technology-centric company.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience. They will have 5+ years of experience in developing software for embedded systems, with proficiency in C and Python. They will have a proven understanding of the system software stack, focusing on software/hardware interactions, including platform firmware, device drivers, Linux kernel, and user-space application performance. They will have in-depth knowledge of high-performance processor architecture, including CPU and cache coherency concepts, and hardware accelerators. They will have strong engineering skills, including technical investigation, building, testing, and agile software development processes. They will have excellent written and oral communication skills. They will be competent with build environment tools such as gcc, git, github, make, bitbake, shell scripts, gerrit, and jenkins.

Experience with ARMv8 microarchitecture, ATF, and/or UEFI software is a strong plus. Familiarity with multiple Linux distributions, with the ability to compare and contrast them, is also desirable. Expertise in developing security key management solutions is highly desirable. Knowledge of secure boot flows and/or trusted computing environments is also highly desirable.

## Skills

### Required
- C
- Python
- Embedded systems
- System software stack
- Platform firmware
- Device drivers
- Linux kernel
- User-space application performance
- High-performance processor architecture
- CPU and cache coherency concepts
- Hardware accelerators
- Build environment tools
- gcc
- git
- github
- make
- bitbake
- shell scripts
- gerrit
- jenkins

### Nice to have
- ARMv8 microarchitecture
- ATF
- UEFI software
- Multiple Linux distributions
- Security key management solutions
- Secure boot flows
- Trusted computing environments

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