Distinguished Engineer, GPU Firmware Security

at  NVIDIA

Are you interested in building the most secure GPUs based products?
NVIDIA is looking for an outstanding engineer who is a highly motivated, creative, strong leader with proven experience in low-level system software and security to join the GPU Firmware team. A successful candidate should bring a proven track record of driving roadmaps from early planning phases to at-scale deployments meeting high availability and robustness requirements. You will work across a broad slice of the company spanning hardware, firmware, platform requirements and architecture, defensive and offensive security practices, and vulnerability research for GPU firmware as well firmware for other devices on GPU platforms. You will also engage with key external partners and industry consortiums to align roadmaps and solutions.
We build the root of trust firmware for GPUs that provides secure boot, update, and attestation services for all our GPU products from gaming to AI servers in the datacenter. We want your help to build an industry leading security posture for a security critical component across all these products.

What you will be doing:

• Work directly with major CSP customers to understand their requirements and align their roadmap with NVIDIA’s GPU Firmware security roadmap.
• Work with business partners and vendors to craft their products to meet NVIDIA’s security needs.
• Develop GPU Security Whitepapers, Threat Models, and other associated documentation to facilitate first party and third-party audits.
• Perform design and threat analysis of firmware and hardware designs, to ensure security properties and robustness of our products.
• Identify vulnerabilities in our firmware, build proof of concepts, and drive remediation.
• Promote and drive adoption of new or improved tools, practices, and plans to increase product robustness and reliability.
• Work within a larger virtual security team on other parts of the GPU stack.

What we need to see:

• Deep experience in system software engineering with strong C-skills and low-level software development.
• Experience with threat modeling, formal design analysis, hardware/firmware architecture and other demonstrable security experience in a defensive security focused role.
• Experience with secure coding practices and tooling - static analysis, dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and code coverage.
• Ability to collaborate and accomplish complex goals, internally as well as with customers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• 18+ years in the system architecture, firmware, and security domains.
• MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent experience

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Background with reversing engineering and exploitation, penetration techniques and tools.
• Experience with vulnerability research.
• Experience with formally proven languages.
• Participation and contributions in standards bodies such as OCP and DMTF.

NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people on the planet working for us. If you’re creative, passionate and self-motivated, we want to hear from you!
The base salary range is 308,000 USD - 471,500 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.
You will also be eligible for equity and
benefits
. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

• Work directly with major CSP customers to understand their requirements and align their roadmap with NVIDIA’s GPU Firmware security roadmap.
• Work with business partners and vendors to craft their products to meet NVIDIA’s security needs.
• Develop GPU Security Whitepapers, Threat Models, and other associated documentation to facilitate first party and third-party audits.
• Perform design and threat analysis of firmware and hardware designs, to ensure security properties and robustness of our products.
• Identify vulnerabilities in our firmware, build proof of concepts, and drive remediation.
• Promote and drive adoption of new or improved tools, practices, and plans to increase product robustness and reliability.
• Work within a larger virtual security team on other parts of the GPU stack