Jobs / United States / Nvidia Corporation
Senior Firmware Security Engineer
Nvidia Corporation · 🇺🇸 US, CA, Santa Clara
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 2,374 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 394 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Nvidia Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Dev Ops Engineer” (Information Security Analysts) in TX: $168k–$168k, median $168k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. The pay stated here (152,000 USD) is below what this employer usually pays sponsored hires for this role. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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The US Department of Labor certified 2,374 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 394 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Do you enjoy hacking and tinkering at the lowest levels of software? Are you capable of crafting and implementing creative secure firmware solutions in heavily resource-constrained environments? If so, you’re primed to help develop the boot software that powers the world’s best GPUs. NVIDIA is searching for an outstanding security software engineer to fill an exciting, yet fun role on our GPU Firmware team. You will be joining a team whose primary mission is solving the intricate enigma of securing and innovating the boot process for our GPUs, while working through the formidable constraints of boot-time and storage space. Every. Byte. Counts. The GPU Firmware team builds the root of trust firmware for GPUs that provides secure boot, update, and attestation services for all our GPU products from gaming to high-performance compute in the datacenter. We want your help to build an industry leading security posture for a security critical component across all these products. What you’ll be doing: • Design, develop, test, debug, and optimize GPU firmware throughout the entire GPU lifecycle • Continuously evaluate and improve the security posture of firmware and hardware that form the root of trust for our products • Improve team software process and core infrastructure by enhancing build systems, regression farms, and security test infrastructure • Participate in in-depth security reviews of software, hardware, process, and infrastructure • Facilitate security requirements and solutions by participating in industry standards such as NIST, Open Compute Project, DMTF etc., and aligning with key customers and partners • Collaborate with NVIDIA’s and third-party vendors’ hardware and software teams to improve security across hardware, BootROMs, and software stacks • Work within a larger virtual security team on other parts of the GPU stack, as necessary What we need to see: • BS or MS degree in EE/CS/CE (or equivalent experience) • 5+ years’ experience in developing device BIOS, firmware, or other low-level software • 2+ years’ experience in building secure firmware and working with hardware security components • Strong C skills • Secure software fundamentals including cryptography, authentication/attestation, chains of trust, and understanding of common SW security vulnerabilities • Easy to work with, as you’ll constantly work closely with both hardware designers and other software engineers to design, develop, and debug functional (and non-functional!) aspects of GPU subsystems Ways to stand out from the crowd: • Experience with threat modeling, formal design analysis, hardware/firmware architecture, and other demonstrable security experience in a defensive security focused role. • Background with secure development techniques such as attack-trees, static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and negative testing • Experience developing for safety critical platforms • Experience with formal verification • Passion for your work Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits . Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 17, 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, dis