Senior Memory Subsystem Firmware Engineer

About the role

We are now looking for a Senior Firmware Engineer to join our Memory Subsystem Team at NVIDIA. The team is seeking a curious, motivated embedded firmware engineer to contribute to the development of our memory subsystem from architecture and pre-silicon validation through to production silicon.

Responsibilities

• Work on cutting-edge hardware/software co-development — pairing embedded software development with ASIC design, from architecture through deployment in silicon.
• Implement C/C++ embedded firmware for Memory subsystem initialization, Dram Trainings, low power states, RAS, telemetry functions.
• Develop C models for h/w IP blocks for pre-silicon firmware validation.
• Support silicon bring-up and lab validation: board bring-up, log triage, regression runs.
• Profile and refactor existing embedded firmware to improve code coverage and performance KPIs.
• Exercising your expertise in software, digital and analog systems, computer architecture, and debugging skills to tackle exciting problems.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3 years of embedded firmware development (internship + new-grad experience can count toward the low end).
• Understanding of core embedded building blocks: CPUs, memory hierarchies, DMA, timers, interrupt controllers, and interconnect buses.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing bare-metal control firmware that is tightly optimized for both cycle count and memory footprint.
• Proficiency in C/C++, with a solid grasp of data structures, compilers, and build and version-control tooling.
• Strong debugging instincts — able to decompose unfamiliar problems from first principles.

Qualifications

• Experience with an RTOS or bare-metal embedded firmware.
• Understanding of SOC Boot architecture.

Benefits

• NVIDIA offers a competitive base salary range of $152,000 - $241,500.
• You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Pay

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

Schedule

Details on the schedule will be provided upon employment.

Application

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until July 12, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.