Senior Firmware Engineer - Development, Verification and Infrastructure

Job Title

Senior Firmware Engineer - Development, Verification and Infrastructure

Role Summary

Work on the NVLink Firmware Development and Verification team to verify firmware across pre-silicon and post-silicon platforms and enable firmware and verification infrastructure for next-generation GPUs and multi-GPU interconnects.

This role focuses on firmware verification, silicon bring-up, debugging, and building automation and infrastructure to support firmware development and regression.

Experience Level

Senior — minimum 6+ years of experience in firmware or software verification.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include firmware verification, silicon enablement, and infrastructure support.

• Collaborate with design and verification teams to validate firmware features and functionality.
• Develop verification plans, test cases, and correctness models (primarily in Python) to verify firmware behavior.
• Drive silicon bring-up, feature enablement, and system-level debug on GPU platforms.
• Work with architecture, hardware, and firmware teams on enablement, design-for-debug, and validation strategies.
• Triage and resolve firmware issues observed during customer qualification or in-field testing.
• Log and track bugs, maintain coverage metrics, and perform gap analysis.
• Develop and maintain automation tools and verification infrastructure to improve development and regression workflows.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience.

• Minimum 6+ years of experience in firmware or software verification.
• Strong debugging and analytical skills; experience with silicon bring-up and system-level debug.
• Proficiency in Python, C, and C++; understanding of object-oriented programming.
• Solid understanding of computer architecture, microprocessors, and microcontroller fundamentals.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills; experience working across on-site and remote teams.
• Ability to work effectively under tight schedules and in a team environment.

Nice-to-have:

• Hands-on experience with hardware/software interaction and embedded environments.
• Familiarity with RTOS or RISC-V programming and debugging.
• Experience developing verification automation, regression frameworks, or infrastructure tools.
• Passion for low-level software, firmware development, and debugging.

Education Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, 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.