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# Firmware Engineer, NIC Firmware

- **Company:** NVIDIA Ltd.
- **Location:** Seattle, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $152,000.0 - $241,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Bash Shell, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Data Structures, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Firmware, InfiniBand, Python (Programming Language), Network Protocols, PCI Express, Remote Direct Memory Access, Software Engineering, Software Project Management, Virtualization Technology, Scripting, Computer Network Technologies, Information Technology, Low Latency
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-firmware-engineer-nic-firmware-2100-nvidia-usa-9920051

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience in the field.
 * 5+ years of professional software development experience.
 * Strong proficiency in C and C++.
 * Solid understanding of networking protocols.
 * Experience with PCIe and virtualization technologies.
 * Excellent grasp of data structures and algorithms fundamentals.
 * Scripting experience with Python and/or Bash.
 * Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
 * Self-motivated, independent, and a great teammate with excellent interpersonal skills.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

 * Deep familiarity with RDMA stacks (RoCE, InfiniBand) and low-latency networking.
 * Experience in high-performance or large-scale compute environments.
 * Proven experience with distributed systems and scalability challenges.

## Description

* Work closely with the architecture and different software design teams.
 * Implement new features in the core of Mellanox NIC firmware.
 * Develop verification tests for advanced features in a highly complex and sophisticated Firmware testing environment.
 * Gain a deep understanding of system debug, networking technology and stacks, as well as the HW/FW/SW relationship.
 * You will learn how a big software project is operated, maintained, qualified and released, and how Hardware and Firmware are developed.


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