Senior Firmware Engineer, Pre silicon and Palladium

NVIDIA seeks a highly motivated Senior Firmware Engineer to join our firmware team. This team focuses on innovative network adapters (NIC) and readies NIC Firmware for tape-out and production. The objective is to ensure NIC Firmware is fully verified before manufacturing the actual chip. You will work closely with advanced emulation systems. As a Firmware engineer, you will engage in various areas, including low-level C communication with hardware and software. This role is ideal if you enjoy being involved in all development activities related to preparing new chips for production.

What you’ll be doing:

• Working on bringing up next-generation NIC devices

• Collaborating closely with Chip Design, Firmware, and Software teams during integration activities

• Supporting NIC Firmware code for new devices

• Preparing regression for NIC models on emulation environments

• Improving the team’s work efficiency by adapting methodologies and automating routine activities

What we need to see:

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering / Computer Science / Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)

• 5+ years of relevant proven experience

• Knowledge of computer structure & operating systems

• Skilled in Python & Bash (experience with tcsh is a plus)

• Prior involvement in Pre-Silicon activities.

• Experience in Real-Time or Embedded software programming

• Excellent problem-solving skills, independence, and curiosity

• Strong multi-disciplinary capabilities and ability to work with a wide interface of people – chip design, verification, FW, SW

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Knowledge of hardware verification concepts and tools

• Experience partnering with software and hardware teams to define and implement firmware

• Knowledge in networking, Linux, and scripting languages

• Background with in-depth problem-solving

• Experience with Cadence Palladium

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most hard-working and talented people in the world working for us. If you're creative and passionate about developing cloud services we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 218,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.Applications for this job will be accepted at least until January 18, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

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