Senior System Firmware Engineer - Bios Uefi

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA +2

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Firmware Engineer focused on BIOS UEFI development for GPU-based Client products. The role involves designing, implementing, and delivering firmware innovations, working with global teams on NVIDIA client designs, and ensuring performance optimization and code quality through unit tests and static analysis. The engineer will collaborate with hardware teams, security teams, and QA/Test architects, and needs strong experience in System BIOS (UEFI) Firmware development on X86 or ARM platforms, C/C++ development, and embedded OS debugging.

What you'd actually do

  1. Designing, implementing, and delivering innovations for GPU based Client products with focus on firmware development.
  2. Working with a global team of BIOS(UEFI) developers on NVIDIA client designs.
  3. Designing and developing performance optimized UEFI/BIOS solutions using industry Standards.
  4. Instrumenting code to ensure maximum code coverage, writing and automating unit tests for each implemented module and maintain detailed unit test case reports.
  5. Providing software quality reports based on static analysis, code coverage, CPU load.

Skills

Required

  • System BIOS (UEFI) Firmware development on X86 or ARM Platforms
  • IBVs or EDK2 Firmware architecture
  • End-to-end delivery of client products
  • Low-level interfaces between BIOS (UEFI) and OS (I2C/SPI/PCIe/JTAG)
  • C/C++ development
  • bash/python for scripting
  • Debugging skills in embedded Linux/Windows
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Good work ethics
  • High sense of team-work
  • Commitment to finish tasks
  • Self-starter
  • Creative solutions
  • 5+ years of experience
  • Individual contributor

Nice to have

  • Proven record in delivering BIOS(UEFI) for ARM architecture based client products
  • Experience working with IBVs or IBV solutions

What the JD emphasized

  • Domain expertise in System BIOS (UEFI) Firmware development on X86 or ARM Platforms.
  • Strong experience with IBVs or EDK2 Firmware architecture.
  • Solid experience of end-to-end delivery of client products from definition to customer deployment.
  • Solid understanding of low-level interfaces between BIOS (UEFI) and OS like I2C/SPI/PCIe/JTAG etc. PCIe enumeration, IO at platform level for client products.
  • Experience working closely with HW teams, ODMs and vendors to introduce and support client platforms.
  • Experience with C/C++ development, bash/python for scripting, and debugging skills in embedded Linux/Windows operating environments.
  • 5+ years of experience, with demonstrated strong ability as individual contributor.