Senior Firmware Security Engineer at Nvidia Corporation in Santa Clara, California

Job Description:

Do you enjoy hacking and tinkering at the lowest levels of software? Are you capable of crafting and implementing creative secure firmware solutions in heavily resource-constrained environments? If so, you're primed to help develop the boot software that powers the world's best GPUs. We are searching for an outstanding security software engineer to fill an exciting, yet fun role on our GPU Firmware team. You will be joining a team whose primary mission is solving the intricate enigma of securing and innovating the boot process for our GPUs, while working through the formidable constraints of boot-time and storage space. Every. Byte. Counts.

This is your chance to create waves in the industry while directly working with and alongside some of the most top-valued diverse set of minds in the business. Your goal will be to shape the future of GPU technologies doing exactly what you enjoy: solving puzzles. If this sounds exciting and you're up for the task, we'd certainly like to hear from you!

What you'll be doing:

• Design, develop, test, debug, and optimize GPU firmware throughout the entire GPU lifecycle
  
  


• Design and implement creative solutions for boot software
  
  


• Continuously evaluate and improve the security posture of firmware and hardware that form the root of trust for our products
  
  


• Evaluate and design secure firmware solutions for server platforms
  
  


• Build automated security testing infrastructure
  
  


• Facilitate security requirements for GPU products by driving compliance with industry standards such as NIST, Open Compute Project, DMTF etc.
  
  


• Participate in in-depth security reviews of software, hardware, process, and infrastructure
  
  


• Align with customers and partners on security requirements and features
  
  


• Work with hardware teams to improve NVIDIA's GPU security across hardware BootROMs, crypto accelerators, key stores, and other units
  
  


• Collaborate with hardware, software, and business teams to transform new firmware features from idea to reality
  
  


• Work with leading OS and PC vendors to improve and innovate on the startup experience
  
  


• Improve team software process and core infrastructure by enhancing build systems and regression farms
  
  

What we need to see:

• BS or MS degree in EE/CS/CE or equivalent experience
  
  


• 8+ years' experience in developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software
  
  


• 8+ years' experience in building secure firmware and working with hardware security components
  
  


• Strong C programming skills
  
  


• Even stronger interpersonal skills
  
  


• Sense of humor heavily encouraged, but not required
  
  


• Deep understanding of software process
  
  


• Secure software fundamentals including cryptography, authentication/attestation, chains of trust, and understanding of common SW security vulnerabilities
  
  


• Easy to work with, as you'll constantly work closely with both hardware designers and other software engineers to design, develop, and debug functional (and non-functional!) aspects of GPU subsystems
  
  

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Background in x86/RISCV/ARM assembly and knowledge of the PCIe architecture
  
  


• Experience with secure development techniques such as threat models, attack-trees, static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and negative testing
  
  


• Experience with formal verification
  
  


• Passion for your work
  
  

We are widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers, and as a result have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're passionate, creative, and driven, we'd love to have you join the team. 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.

The base salary range is 180,000 USD - 339,250 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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.

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