Software Engineer - Platform Software

NVIDIA · Santa Clara, CA · 224,000 USD – 356,500 USD NVIDIA is seeking highly motivated and creative engineers to join the Platform Software team. You will work on all aspects of SOC and system, and technology verticals. As a member of this team, you will design key aspects of our SOC drivers, Firmware, BIOS, BSP, and sophisticated CI/CD system, collaborating with key partners and OEM customers. Responsibilities: Develop and triage platform drivers for SOCs Build sophisticated automation triage tools and FW and OS-drivers issue packetizations Support OS driver development, bring up and triaging of Platform and Multimedia drivers Support the OEM ecosystem and provide innovative solutions Drive Startup and Shutdown Time KPIs goal and optimizations Support various ecosystems related verticals Full product lifecycle from pre-silicon to bringup to production Be heavily involved in architecture definition and early modeling, simulation Collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams globally Requirements: BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience with 12+ years of meaningful software development experience Strong understanding of ARM microarchitecture and ARM exception levels Strong understanding of Pre-OS Firmware, uP/subsystems Firmware and Software, peripherals Background in solving problems that apply to large complex systems deployed at scale Strong C/C++ and Python programming skills Good understanding of ACPI and Device tree concepts Familiarity with computer system architecture, microprocessor, and microcontroller fundamentals Strong Operating systems fundamentals with Kernel, Hypervisor experience on Windows and Linux systems Hands-on experience with debuggers like GDB, WinDBG, and compilers like GCC, MSVC, LLVM Good understanding of SOC architecture spanning across Boot, Security, and OS Preferred Qualifications: Background and strength with sophisticated system-level issues debugging Experience working on system level reliability and resiliency features Familiarity with system level security concepts Experience with embedded system SW concepts