NVIDIA Israel is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Firmware Engineer to join our NIC/Switch Firmware Development Team in Tel Aviv. The successful candidate will design and develop innovative firmware features to unleash the full potential of NVIDIA’s ConnectX/Switch architecture. Our Firmware Team develops cutting-edge networking features for cloud, HPC, and storage. This position requires a broad background in NIC or Switch architecture, along with a proven ability to develop robust and efficient solutions to complex design challenges. The Firmware Team drives the data growth of the world’s largest companies. With talented engineers around the globe, our work environment is dynamic and meaningful.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Deepen Your Expertise: Gain a thorough understanding of system debugging, networking technology and stacks, as well as the HW/FW/SW relationships.

• Innovate Firmware Features: Design and implement new firmware features in NVIDIA's NIC/Switch Firmware core (e.g., NVIDIA’s ConnectX/Spectrum products).

• Optimize Performance: Characterize and refine key firmware design elements and code to maximize performance and ensure robustness and flexibility.

• Learn Complex Project Management: Understand how a large, complex software project is operated, maintained, qualified, and released, and learn how hardware and firmware are developed.

What We Need to See:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer/Electronics Engineering.

• Over 12 years of experience in embedded systems design.

• Experience with data plane processors such as DSP, ARM, PowerPC, MIPS, or similar.

• Proficiency in C-language programming within a performance-sensitive environment.

• Strong understanding of hardware/firmware interaction and software/hardware partitioning.

Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd:

• Firmware Design and Verification: Prior experience in firmware design and verification.

• Protocol Knowledge: Familiarity with peripheral and network protocols.

• Technical Expertise: Excellent understanding of data structures and algorithms fundamentals.

• Personal Attributes: Motivated and independent, with strong social skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU revolutionized the PC gaming market and AI industry. The company’s groundbreaking work in accelerated computing—an advanced form of computing at the intersection of computer graphics, high-performance computing, and AI—is reshaping trillion-dollar industries such as transportation, healthcare, and manufacturing, while fuelling growth in many others. In 2020, NVIDIA acquired Mellanox, a leading supplier of end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand solutions and services for servers, storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure. Mellanox intelligent interconnect solutions increase data center efficiency by providing the highest throughput and lowest latency, delivering data faster to applications and unlocking system performance. NVIDIA is widely regarded as one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and dedicated people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you.