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

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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

  • equity
  • benefits

Job title

Senior System Software Engineer – Platform, Server, Embedded Firmware

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$224,000 - $431,250 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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