NVIDIA Israel seeks for an experienced professional and highly motivated Firmware Engineer to join its NIC Firmware development team in Tel-Aviv site.The successful candidate will design and develop innovative firmware features to unleash the full potential of NVIDIA’s ConnectX architecture. The Firmware team develops cutting edge networking features for cloud, HPC and storage.The position requires a broad background in NICs architecture and development, together 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 biggest companies.With talented engineers around the globe, the work environment is dynamic and meaningful.

What you will be doing:

• Gain a deep understanding of system debug, networking technology and stacks, as well as the HW/FW/SW relationship.
• Design and implement new firmware features in NVIDIA NICFirmware core (NVIDIA’s ConnectX products).
• Characterize and refine key firmware design elements and code to maximize performance and ensure robustness and flexibility.
• Learn how a big complex software project is operated, maintained, qualified and released - how Hardware and Firmware are developed.

What we need to see:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer/Electronics engineering.
• 5+ years of embedded systems design experience.
• Embedded programming experience with Data plane processors such as DSP, ARM, PowerPC, MIPS or similar.
• C-language and assembly programming in a performance-sensitive environment.
• Strong understanding of hardware/firmware interaction and SW/HW partitioning.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Prior firmware design and verification experience.
• Knowledge of peripherals protocols.
• Knowledge of network protocols and storage protocols.
• Excellent understanding of data structures and algorithms fundamentals.
• Motivated and independent with strong social skills and excellent ability to work in a team.