Senior Firmware Engineer

Job Title

Senior Firmware Engineer

Role Summary

Join the Chip Design PCIe Firmware team in Beijing as the first-line firmware representative for Chinese customers. Work on low-level C firmware for PCIe/network adapters and support post-silicon products through debugging, feature implementation, and automated testing.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires 5+ years of firmware design and development experience.

Responsibilities

The role focuses on customer-facing support, feature development for post-silicon products, and collaboration across hardware and software teams.

• Serve as first-line technical contact for Chinese customers: reproduce, debug, root-cause, and resolve field issues on shipping products.
• Design, implement, and verify firmware features for post-silicon products in coordination with customers and the PCIe group.
• Participate in feature verification, complex post-silicon debug, and release convergence toward official releases.
• Collaborate with firmware, software, architecture, QA, and application engineering teams.
• Improve and maintain automated testing and verification processes.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and professional abilities.

• 5+ years of firmware design and development experience.
• Strong low-level C programming and embedded systems fundamentals.
• Proven debugging skills for complex post-silicon / embedded issues.
• Fluent Mandarin and professional-level English for customer communication.
• Independent problem solver with strong interpersonal and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills.

Nice-to-have:

• Customer-facing engineering or support experience with networking / data-center customers.
• Knowledge of networking, Linux, and scripting (Python).
• Familiarity with hardware verification concepts and tools (C++, Python, Git, CI automation).
• Experience collaborating with software and architecture teams on firmware integration.

Education Requirements

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, 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.