Senior Firmware Security Engineer role focused on securing GPU boot firmware, including root-of-trust, under tight boot-time and storage constraints.

Design, develop, test, debug, and optimize GPU firmware across the full GPU lifecycle
Continuously assess and strengthen the security posture of firmware and hardware serving as the product root of trust
Improve team software process and core infrastructure by enhancing build systems, regression farms, and security test infrastructure
Contribute to deep security reviews across software, hardware, process, and infrastructure
Support security requirements and solutions by participating in industry standards such as NIST, Open Compute Project, DMTF, and aligning with key customers and partners
Collaborate with NVIDIA teams and third-party vendors to improve security across hardware, BootROMs, and software stacks
Work with a larger virtual security team on other parts of the GPU stack, as needed

BS or MS degree 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
Secure software fundamentals, including cryptography, authentication/attestation, chains of trust, and understanding common SW security vulnerabilities
Ability to work closely across hardware designers and other software engineers to design, develop, and debug functional and non-functional GPU subsystem aspects

Experience with threat modeling, formal design analysis, hardware/firmware architecture, and defensive security-focused work
Background with secure development techniques such as attack-trees, static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and negative testing
Experience developing for safety-critical platforms
Experience with formal verification
Passion for the work

Location: Santa Clara, CA (onsite)

Compensation: USD 152,000 - 241,500 per year

Minimum experience: 5 years

Senior Firmware Security Engineer

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