Senior Firmware Verification and Bringup Engineer

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Firmware Verification and Bringup Engineer in Santa Clara, United States. It pays $184k-$288k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

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We are now looking for a Senior Firmware Verification and Bringup Engineer to join our Memory Subsystem Team! Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA is an industry leader with groundbreaking developments in High-Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Visualization!

The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables outstanding creativity and discovery and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars.

What you'll be doing:

Bare-metal Firmware development for NVLINK-C2C, validation and debug of firmware and silicon bring-up for NVIDIA products.
Collaborate in pre-silicon firmware development and testing to validate features.
Drive silicon-bringup, feature enablement, and debug on silicon.
Triage and resolve firmware issues observed during bringup.
Debug hardware / firmware interaction issues, boot failures, training failures, and silicon issues; isolate root cause and drive fixes.
Develop and maintain automation and AI-assisted flows to improve firmware development and verification.
Work closely with system Software, RTL Design, DV, emulation, and post-silicon teams to unblock progress.
Refine our Interface bring up and validation strategy.

What we need to see:

BS or MS EE degree with focus in embedded systems (or equivalent experience).
6+ years of proven experience in low-level firmware design and verification in pre and post silicon.
Must have hands-on experience debugging bare-metal firmware in RTL / SystemVerilog / UVM testbenches using Verdi or similar debug tools and correlating firmware execution with RTL behavior.
Excellent RTL, digital debug skills, and understanding and coding skills in C/C++/Python
Experience with high-speed IO interfaces understanding of data structures.
Experience in developing firmware with AI agents would be beneficial.
Proven understanding of PC systems, windows OS, and Linux.
Hands on debugging skills. Able to break problems down based on first principles.
Comfortable assuming different responsibilities over the life of a product.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills, with shown success in guiding and influencing others within a nuanced environment.
Proven track record of leading chip bring-up activities

Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. As you plan your future, see what we can offer to you and your family www.nvidiabenefits.com/

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Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:
184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4; and 224,000 USD – 356,500 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

How we rate this

Senior Firmware Verification and Bringup Engineer at NVIDIA rates 50 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Senior Firmware Verification and Bringup Engineer is an open job at NVIDIA.
Level rates this role AI Level 2 of 4: Uses AI.
The listed salary is $184k-$288k a year.
The role is based in US, CA, Santa Clara.
The job was posted on September 8, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by NVIDIA. Apply on NVIDIA

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