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Firmware jobs are open across consumer electronics, automotive, medical devices, aerospace, and industrial automation, from new-grad embedded software roles to principal and architect-level positions, with specializations in RTOS development, hardware bring-up, and bootloader design. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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INTRODUCTION
NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern deep learning - the next era of computing - with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, we are increasingly known as "the AI computing company." We're looking to grow our company and establish teams with the most thoughtful people in the world. We are looking for an excellent Senior Engineering Manager to lead a large firmware engineering organization delivering end-to-end manageability firmware for NVIDIA's next generation Data Center Compute Systems. This role owns HGX product line and OpenBMC-based management firmware and MCU firmware components in data center platforms, including architecture, execution, quality, reliability, telemetry, and customer readiness. We are seeking an experienced senior leader with strong technical depth, broad system perspective, and a proven ability to lead large teams through complex product cycles. This role is onsite in Santa Clara, CA, USA. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead a large firmware engineering organization delivering OpenBMC based firmware and MCU firmware for next-generation Data Center Compute Systems.
- Own HGX platform as a lead for Firmware and System software readiness working across the organization.
- Define and drive the long-term firmware roadmap, balancing architectural innovation with product execution and delivery milestones.
- Drive architecture strategy across BMC, MCU, platform software, manageability, health management, and data center firmware interfaces.
- Lead execution across multiple programs, coordinating priorities, hiring, managing cross component dependencies, and delivery commitments across a large engineering team.
- Collaborate with data center architects, cloud customers, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define requirements, scope implementation, and deliver at Speed of Light.
- Partner with hardware, systems, security, validation, manufacturing, field, and customer engineering teams to ensure scalable manageability architecture across data center products.
- Manage customer and executive escalations for complex firmware, platform, and deployment issues.
- Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering organization with strong technical leadership, execution discipline, and quality culture.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- BS, MS, or PhD in EE/CS or related field of education or equivalent experience.
- 12+ overall years of proven experience in server firmware, BMC/OpenBMC, MCU firmware, platform software, or data center systems.
- 6+ years of experience managing software/firmware engineering teams.
- Strong technical leadership in data center system architecture, server manageability, telemetry, health management, and reliability at scale.
- Proven record delivering production firmware for large data centers with strong quality, debug, and operational discipline.
- Experience leading architecture and execution across multiple programs, cross-functional teams, and customer-facing deliverables.
- Strong understanding of firmware development lifecycle, validation, release management, issue triage, and production support.
- Excellent communication skills, strong work ethic, sound judgment, and the ability to align teams through complex technical and business tradeoffs.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience leading large distributed engineering organizations, including multi-team execution and senior technical leaders.
- High level of ownership to deliver products working across matric organization, having done that for a couple of products. Having mindset bucks stop at me.
- Hands-on experience with BMC firmware/software stack, MCU firmware, C/C++, Python, and debugging server platform. Expertise with OOB management DMTF protocols and standards such as MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, and Redfish.
- Experience with Embedded Linux, FreeRTOS, Yocto/BitBake, Git, Perforce, Jira, and modern firmware CI/CD practices.
- Proven ability to drive complex architecture, quality, reliability, and customer escalation work across 25+ engineers or similarly large engineering teams.
COMPENSATION
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until June 20, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.
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INTRODUCTION
NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern deep learning - the next era of computing - with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, we are increasingly known as "the AI computing company." We're looking to grow our company and establish teams with the most thoughtful people in the world. We are looking for an excellent Senior Engineering Manager to lead a large firmware engineering organization delivering end-to-end manageability firmware for NVIDIA's next generation Data Center Compute Systems. This role owns HGX product line and OpenBMC-based management firmware and MCU firmware components in data center platforms, including architecture, execution, quality, reliability, telemetry, and customer readiness. We are seeking an experienced senior leader with strong technical depth, broad system perspective, and a proven ability to lead large teams through complex product cycles. This role is onsite in Santa Clara, CA, USA. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead a large firmware engineering organization delivering OpenBMC based firmware and MCU firmware for next-generation Data Center Compute Systems.
- Own HGX platform as a lead for Firmware and System software readiness working across the organization.
- Define and drive the long-term firmware roadmap, balancing architectural innovation with product execution and delivery milestones.
- Drive architecture strategy across BMC, MCU, platform software, manageability, health management, and data center firmware interfaces.
- Lead execution across multiple programs, coordinating priorities, hiring, managing cross component dependencies, and delivery commitments across a large engineering team.
- Collaborate with data center architects, cloud customers, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define requirements, scope implementation, and deliver at Speed of Light.
- Partner with hardware, systems, security, validation, manufacturing, field, and customer engineering teams to ensure scalable manageability architecture across data center products.
- Manage customer and executive escalations for complex firmware, platform, and deployment issues.
- Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering organization with strong technical leadership, execution discipline, and quality culture.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- BS, MS, or PhD in EE/CS or related field of education or equivalent experience.
- 12+ overall years of proven experience in server firmware, BMC/OpenBMC, MCU firmware, platform software, or data center systems.
- 6+ years of experience managing software/firmware engineering teams.
- Strong technical leadership in data center system architecture, server manageability, telemetry, health management, and reliability at scale.
- Proven record delivering production firmware for large data centers with strong quality, debug, and operational discipline.
- Experience leading architecture and execution across multiple programs, cross-functional teams, and customer-facing deliverables.
- Strong understanding of firmware development lifecycle, validation, release management, issue triage, and production support.
- Excellent communication skills, strong work ethic, sound judgment, and the ability to align teams through complex technical and business tradeoffs.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience leading large distributed engineering organizations, including multi-team execution and senior technical leaders.
- High level of ownership to deliver products working across matric organization, having done that for a couple of products. Having mindset bucks stop at me.
- Hands-on experience with BMC firmware/software stack, MCU firmware, C/C++, Python, and debugging server platform. Expertise with OOB management DMTF protocols and standards such as MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, and Redfish.
- Experience with Embedded Linux, FreeRTOS, Yocto/BitBake, Git, Perforce, Jira, and modern firmware CI/CD practices.
- Proven ability to drive complex architecture, quality, reliability, and customer escalation work across 25+ engineers or similarly large engineering teams.
COMPENSATION
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until June 20, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.
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A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- NVIDIA41
- Apple36
- Google22
- Qualcomm22
- Amazon18
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software148
- Electronics & Hardware139
- Manufacturing61
- Consulting & Professional Services51
- Medical Devices22
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in firmware jobs.
- Proficiency in C and C++ for bare-metal and RTOS-based embedded development
- Experience with common communication protocols including SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, and USB
- Familiarity with debugging tools such as JTAG, SWD, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science
- Experience with at least one RTOS such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or VxWorks
- Understanding of hardware schematics and ability to collaborate directly with hardware engineers
Tips for Your Firmware Job Search
Tailor your resume for embedded depth
List the specific microcontrollers, RTOSes, and communication protocols you've worked with rather than generic terms like 'embedded systems.' Hiring managers scan for STM32, FreeRTOS, CAN bus, and SPI because those are the tools their team uses daily.
Show hardware bring-up experience clearly
Firmware roles often screen for candidates who've taken a board from bare silicon to running code. If you've done bring-up work, call it out by name in your resume and describe the toolchain, debugger, and any silicon errata you navigated.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists firmware openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target job postings by target architecture
Filter your search by the processor architecture you know best, such as ARM Cortex-M, RISC-V, or AVR. Roles built around a specific architecture move fast and rarely require the full ramp time that generalist postings do.
Prepare a code sample or project teardown
Many firmware interviews ask you to walk through real code before any technical screen. Have a short, well-commented driver or state machine ready to share, and be prepared to explain every design decision including interrupt handling and memory constraints.
Negotiate scope, not just compensation
After an offer, ask which hardware platform you'd own first and whether the role includes schematic review responsibilities. Clarifying ownership early prevents situations where firmware engineers spend months debugging undocumented hardware without the authority to flag design issues upstream.
Firmware Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most firmware engineers?
The companies hiring the most firmware engineers right now include NVIDIA, Apple, and Google, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Massachusetts, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Hiring is particularly active in automotive, medical device, and consumer electronics segments.
How many firmware jobs are remote?
About 12% of firmware openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, which is lower than most software disciplines because hardware access and lab time are often required. Roles focused on higher-level application firmware, protocol stacks, or firmware tooling tend to offer the most remote flexibility.
How do you become a firmware engineer?
Start by building a strong foundation in C programming and computer architecture, then work through hands-on projects using a development board such as an STM32 or Arduino to write drivers and interface with peripherals. Learn how an RTOS schedules tasks and handles interrupts, read datasheets and reference manuals regularly, and build a portfolio of small projects that demonstrate real hardware interaction before applying.
Can you get a firmware job with little experience?
You can get an entry-level firmware role with limited professional experience if you can demonstrate hands-on project work. Build two or three projects that show you can write peripheral drivers, handle interrupts, and read a datasheet independently. Roles at smaller companies and startups in consumer electronics or IoT often hire candidates who show strong fundamentals and a history of shipping working embedded code, even without prior employment in the field.
What does the firmware interview process look like?
Most firmware interviews begin with a recruiter call covering your background and the role, followed by a technical phone screen that tests C fundamentals, bitwise operations, and basic hardware concepts. A take-home coding exercise or live coding session involving a driver or state machine is common next. Final rounds typically include a system design discussion, a code walkthrough of your own past work, and conversations with hardware and software team members you'd collaborate with directly.
Where can I find and apply to firmware jobs?
You can find and apply to firmware jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your background and apply directly to each listing without leaving the platform.
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