System Software Engineer - Trusted Firmware - CA, Santa Clara, United States
Originally posted 18 August 2026 by the employer.
Contribute to the Tegra platform by developing system software for ARM's Trusted Firmware Stack.
About the role
As a System Software Engineer - Trusted Firmware at NVIDIA, you will develop system software for ARM's Trusted Firmware Stack, including Hafnium, TF-A, and RMM, for the Tegra platform.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and craft system software for ARM's Trusted Firmware Stack: Hafnium, TF-A, RMM. - Work with upstream community to develop software for ARM technologies like Confidential Compute and drive improvements to specs like PSCI, FFA, RMI. - Solve complex issues related to power, performance, and security in the Trusted Framework Stack. - Participate in architectural explorations including feasibility studies, safety evaluations, and CPU performance analysis. - Develop highly performant low-level device drivers for Tegra platforms.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. - 2+ years of hands-on experience with embedded systems and device driver development. - Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming. - Deep understanding of operating system fundamentals and computer architecture concepts such as MMU, Cache Coherency, TLB, Timers, ISRs.
This role has been open 58 days — slightly above the 56-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
725
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Median days open
56 d
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Median salary
$168k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (725 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 57 | 725 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 991 | 6157 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 58 d | 56 d (+2 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $168k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 119 open roles · median 56 d
- Micron Technology · 61 open roles · median 84 d
- AMD · 60 open roles · median 37 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 60 open roles · median 58 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 45 open roles · median 37 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 28 open roles · median 40 d
How we counted: 725 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.