Senior Memory Subsystem Firmware Engineer

Job Title

Senior Memory Subsystem Firmware Engineer

Role Summary

Develop embedded firmware for the SoC memory subsystem, focusing on DDR/LPDDR initialization, training, low-power states, RAS, and telemetry across pre-silicon and post-silicon phases. Work closely with ASIC design, validation, and lab teams to bring memory subsystem features from architecture to production silicon.

Experience Level

Senior level. The posting specifies ~3+ years of embedded firmware development experience; internship and new-grad experience can count toward the low end.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include collaborating across hardware and software domains and delivering production-ready firmware and validation artifacts.

• Implement C/C++ embedded firmware for memory subsystem initialization, DRAM trainings, low-power states, RAS, and telemetry.
• Develop C models of hardware IP blocks for pre-silicon firmware validation.
• Support silicon bring-up and lab validation: board bring-up, log triage, and regression testing.
• Profile and refactor firmware to improve code coverage and performance metrics.
• Collaborate with ASIC design and validation teams during hardware/software co-development.
• Diagnose and debug complex hardware/software integration issues across digital and analog domains.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience; list separates core requirements from desirable extras.

• 3+ years of embedded firmware development (internship and new-grad experience may count toward low end).
• Strong proficiency in C and C++, and familiarity with compilers, build systems, and version control.
• Experience designing and implementing bare-metal control firmware optimized for cycle count and memory footprint.
• Solid understanding of embedded building blocks: CPUs, memory hierarchies, DMA, timers, interrupt controllers, and interconnect buses.
• Excellent debugging skills and the ability to decompose unfamiliar problems from first principles.

Nice-to-have:

• Exposure to DDR / LPDDR / HBM memory technologies.
• Experience with an RTOS or bare-metal embedded firmware stacks.
• Familiarity with SoC boot architecture.

Education Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical 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.