Hybrid Senior System Software Engineer – Platform, Server, Embedded Firmware

at NVIDIA

• Job title: Senior System Software Engineer – Platform, Server, Embedded Firmware
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $224,000 - $431,250 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Linux, Python, RTOS, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Santa Clara, United States

About the role

• Senior System Software Engineer developing Microcontroller Firmware for GPU Server platforms at NVIDIA. Focusing on building and maintaining server manageability and embedded solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Microcontroller Firmware for GPU Server platforms, focusing on but not limited to ARM M-class microcontrollers.
• Develop C/C++ server manageability features in an RTOS embedded-optimized environment.
• Perform hands-on work with microcontroller firmware bring-up, debugging, performance analysis, and coding manageability features for NVIDIA’s Server platforms.
• Develop embedded management software to enable reporting and connectivity between server management devices.
• Implement register-based communication and DMTF standard messaging protocols for seamless interaction between BMC, GPUs, switches, memory, I/O expanders, sensors, and local microcontroller peripherals.
• Design a highly portable microcontroller framework that will be implemented across a wide variety of server management subsystems.
• Develop and review code, write and review design documents, and collaborate with team members to meet product requirements.
• Instrument code for maximum coverage, automate unit tests, maintain detailed test case reports, and provide software quality reports based on static analysis, code coverage, and microcontroller load.
• Collaborate with security and hardware teams to ensure code aligns with security goals and influence hardware design and architecture review.
• Develop performance-optimized active monitoring BMC solutions using DMTF Standards such as MCTP, Redfish, SPDM, and PLDM specifications.

Requirements

• A Bachelor of Science Degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience in low level microcontroller Firmware development on embedded microcontrollers using Zephyr or FreeRTOS.
• Demonstrated experience in developing BMC and/or microcontroller firmware for managing CPU, GPU, Network and Storage Devices.
• Experience with the following embedded interfaces - USB and I3C.
• Sound experience working with ARM Integrated Development Environments (IDE), debuggers, logic and protocol analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
• A deep understanding of interrupt schemes, multi-threading, DMA, memory management, and working in resource restricted embedded environments.
• Strong embedded programming and scripting skills using C/C++, Bash, Python, Go, etc.
• Experience reviewing and using hardware schematics, reference manuals, and datasheets for embedded development.
• Expertise working with server manageability protocols such as MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, SMBUS, and OCP recovery.
• Solid understanding of Linux fundamentals, various distributions, packages, upgrade mechanisms, and image building/deployment.

Benefits

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