NVIDIA
Senior Firmware Security Engineer
$152K–$242K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software; 2+ years building secure firmware and working with hardware security components.
- Education
- BS or MS degree in EE/CS/CE (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Develops and secures GPU root-of-trust firmware, including boot, update, and attestation services across the GPU lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, test, debug, and optimize GPU firmware; improve its security posture.
- Improve build, regression, and security-testing infrastructure, and participate in security reviews.
- Coordinate security requirements with standards groups, customers, partners, and hardware and software teams.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in EE/CS/CE (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years’ experience developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software.
- 2+ years’ experience building secure firmware and working with hardware security components.
- Strong C skills and knowledge of cryptography, authentication/attestation, chains of trust, and common software security vulnerabilities.
Nice to have
- Threat modeling, formal design analysis, hardware/firmware architecture, or defensive security experience.
- Secure development techniques, safety-critical platforms, or formal verification experience.
Pay
152,000 USD - 241,500 USD base salary
Tools
C, NIST, Open Compute Project, DMTF, BootROMs
AI focus
The job does not involve AI work. NVIDIA states that it uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
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