Senior Systems Firmware Engineer – SBIOS, Bringup
NVIDIA
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About the opportunity
NVIDIA is seeking a Senior SBIOS Firmware Engineer to help customers bring NVIDIA datacenter platforms to life, from initial system bring-up and reference platform qualification through deployment at scale.
In this role, you will work at the intersection of firmware engineering, platform architecture, and customer enablement, building infrastructure that powers AI while using AI tools to accelerate development.
You will develop, integrate, and debug SBIOS firmware for NVIDIA datacenter reference platforms and customer systems, while partnering with hardware, firmware, software, validation, and customer engineering teams to drive complex issues from root cause analysis through verified fixes and customer adoption.
Key responsibilities
- Developing, integrating, and debugging SBIOS firmware for NVIDIA datacenter reference platforms and customer systems.
- Helping customers, OEMs, and ODMs bring up, qualify, and deploy NVIDIA platforms by resolving firmware issues and guiding platform integration.
- Supporting reference platforms across the product lifecycle, establishing validated firmware configurations, and making solutions reusable.
- Investigating complex issues across firmware, hardware, BMC, and operating system boundaries, including boot, hardware initialization, PCIe enumeration, memory configuration, performance, and reliability.
- Partnering with cross-functional teams to drive issues from reproduction and root cause analysis through verified fixes and customer adoption.
- Using AI-assisted development, debugging, and automation to analyze logs, accelerate root cause investigation, and improve test coverage.
- Developing diagnostic tools, automated tests, and technical guidance that improve platform readiness and help customers operate systems successfully.
- Communicating technical findings, risks, and resolution plans clearly to internal teams and external partners.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience, with 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Strong experience developing and debugging System BIOS/UEFI firmware on ARM or x86 server platforms, including familiarity with EDK II architecture.
- Solid understanding of server architecture, including processor initialization, memory systems, PCIe, interrupts, boot flows, and interactions among SBIOS, BMC, and the operating system.
- Demonstrated ability to diagnose complex system issues using firmware logs, operating system diagnostics, hardware interfaces, and structured experiments.
- Experience supporting server bring-up, platform qualification, or customer deployment, with ownership of technical issues through resolution.
- Strong C programming skills and experience using Python or shell scripting to build diagnostic tools and automate engineering workflows.
- Hands-on experience applying AI tools to software development, debugging, testing, or technical analysis.
- Understanding of server reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS), firmware security, and production datacenter requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for collaborating directly with customers and partners across global engineering teams.
Nice to have
- Proven experience enabling customer deployments of NVIDIA CPU or GPU server platforms, from early bring-up through production.
- Deep expertise in ARM server architecture, UEFI, ACPI, SMBIOS, or firmware interfaces with Linux.
- Experience debugging issues that span SBIOS, BMC, and platform management interfaces such as IPMI, MCTP, and PLDM.
- A track record of building AI-assisted engineering workflows that measurably improve debugging speed, software quality, or customer support efficiency.
- Experience turning reference platform designs and customer deployment lessons into reusable tools, documentation, and validation coverage.
Benefits
- Eligible for equity.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
Job details
- Base salary range for Level 3: 152,000 USD – 241,500 USD.
- Base salary range for Level 4: 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD.
- Base salary is determined based on location, experience, and other objective job-related factors.
- Applications accepted at least until November 11, 2026.
- Posting type: Existing vacancy.
About the company
NVIDIA is powering the next generation of AI computing, helping turn groundbreaking technology into production datacenters. The company brings together talented engineers to solve some of computing’s most challenging problems.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
Additional information
- No specific location or remote/hybrid status specified in source.
- No visa or work authorization restrictions specified in source.
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