Director, Tegra Firmware

Job Title

Director, Tegra Firmware

Role Summary

Technical and organizational leader responsible for foundational firmware across Tegra CPU and SoC platforms. Lead globally distributed teams delivering CPU/SoC initialization, secure boot, system control, safety services, confidential computing, and production diagnostics from architecture through long-term support.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Role expects senior leadership and deep technical expertise: typically 12+ years in embedded firmware or low-level platform software and 7+ years of engineering leadership managing managers or distributed teams.

Responsibilities

Deliver and lead firmware development and cross-functional platform integration.

• Lead and grow globally distributed firmware teams and engineering managers.
• Own delivery from architecture and pre-silicon development through bring-up, production, and long-term support.
• Direct development of CPU boot, memory and coherency initialization, multicore startup, power-state transitions, confidential compute, and OS handoff.
• Partner with CPU, SoC, hardware, verification, OS, DRIVE OS, safety, security, and product teams on integrated platform delivery.
• Drive pre-silicon readiness, silicon bring-up, fault injection, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and development automation.
• Lead firmware execution for automotive and industrial programs aligned with ISO 26262, IEC 61508, ISO/SAE 21434, and applicable certification requirements.
• Oversee safety and security activities including requirements traceability, FMEA/FTA, threat analysis, secure design reviews, verification evidence, and assessor engagement.
• Work with OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, industrial customers, and ecosystem partners to resolve technical and delivery challenges.

Requirements

Core technical and leadership qualifications required for success in this role.

• 12+ years overall experience in embedded firmware, system software, or low-level platform software.
• 7+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing managers or distributed teams.
• Proven track record delivering complex CPU or SoC firmware from architecture through production.
• Deep understanding of CPUs, multicore systems, caches, coherency, memory, interrupts, power management, and hardware–software interfaces.
• Strong knowledge of bare-metal or real-time firmware, bootloaders, embedded OSes, Linux internals, and hardware bring-up.
• Experience with heterogeneous SoCs containing CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, security processors, or system-control microcontrollers.
• Experience with pre-silicon development, post-silicon debugging, failure analysis, and in-field diagnostics.
• Strong understanding of firmware quality, reliability, secure development, and product lifecycle management.
• Excellent technical judgment, written and verbal communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with NVIDIA Tegra or other complex automotive/edge SoCs.
• Expertise in ARM Trusted Firmware, UEFI, secure monitors, RTOS platforms, or system-control processors.
• Knowledge of safety analysis, fault-tolerant architecture, safety cases, or Safety Element out of Context development.
• Experience with threat modeling, hardware roots of trust, secure/measured boot, attestation, key management, or secure updates.
• History of influencing CPU or SoC architecture across multiple silicon generations.

Education Requirements

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.

About the Company

Company: NVIDIA

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA

NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.