Director, Tegra Firmware

Nvidia

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $320,000–$488,750 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 56 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Director, Tegra Firmware

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Director, Tegra Firmware will lead globally distributed teams to develop foundational firmware for Tegra CPU and system-on-chip platforms. This role involves owning the full delivery lifecycle from architecture and pre-silicon development through production and long-term support. Key responsibilities include directing CPU boot, memory coherency initialization, multicore startup, power-state transitions, and confidential computing. The position requires expertise in embedded systems, bare-metal firmware, bootloaders, and Linux internals to support autonomous vehicles, robotics, and industrial automation. Candidates must navigate complex hardware-software interfaces, fault injection, and hardware-in-the-loop testing. Technical requirements include deep knowledge of multicore systems, caches, and power management, alongside experience with ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 safety standards. The role solves critical platform initialization and security challenges for heterogeneous SoCs containing CPUs, GPUs, and accelerators.

Skills

Firmware embedded-systems SoC CPU ARM Trusted Firmware UEFI Bootloaders RTOS Linux Pre-silicon Development Hardware-in-the-loop ISO 26262 IEC 61508 Secure Boot Confidential Computing FMEA FTA Fault Injection Power Management

What you'll do

Lead and grow globally distributed firmware teams and engineering managers.
Own firmware delivery from initial architecture and pre-silicon development through production and long-term support.
Direct development of CPU boot, memory initialization, multicore startup, and power-state transitions.
Drive pre-silicon readiness, silicon bring-up, fault injection, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
Execute firmware for automotive and industrial programs aligned with ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 requirements.
Oversee safety and security activities including requirements traceability, FMEA, and threat analysis.
Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve technical and delivery challenges for OEMs and industrial customers.

What we're looking for

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience in embedded firmware, system software, or low-level platform software.
7+ years of engineering leadership experience, including leading managers or distributed teams.
Proven success delivering complex CPU or SoC firmware from architecture through production.
Deep understanding of CPUs, multicore systems, caches, coherency, memory, interrupts, power management, and hardware-software interfaces.
Strong knowledge of bare-metal or real-time firmware, bootloaders, embedded operating systems, Linux internals, and hardware bring-up.
Experience with heterogeneous SoCs containing CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, security processors, or system-control microcontrollers.
Experience with NVIDIA Tegra or another complex automotive, robotics, industrial, or edge-computing SoC (preferred).

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