CoreWeave

Senior Firmware Engineer, FPGA

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3 months ago
Bellevue, WA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$182k - $242k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, validate, and maintain FPGA logic for server-class or embedded platform functions using Intel/Altera devices and Quartus.
  • Define and implement interfaces between FPGA logic and BMC firmware, BIOS, CPLDs, sensors, control paths, and board management functions.
  • Support early hardware enablement, board bring-up, and validation across hardware revisions and lab environments.
  • Debug issues spanning FPGA logic, firmware, BIOS, hardware interfaces, and operating systems.
  • Improve platform robustness, fault handling, telemetry, and operational behavior for production deployments at scale.
  • Collaborate with ODMs, silicon vendors, and firmware partners to review implementations, define requirements, and drive fixes or enhancements.
  • Develop repeatable validation workflows, regression coverage, and tooling for FPGA and platform firmware testing.
  • Document FPGA architecture, interfaces, design assumptions, test procedures, and operational considerations.
  • Participate in design reviews, mentor engineers, and improve firmware and platform integration practices.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of professional experience in firmware, embedded systems, or FPGA development for server-class, platform, or embedded systems.
  • Hands-on professional experience developing with Intel/Altera FPGA devices.
  • Strong proficiency in Verilog or SystemVerilog for RTL development.
  • Strong proficiency in C or C++ for low-level firmware, embedded software, or platform integration.
  • Experience with board bring-up, hardware validation, and system-level debugging.
  • Familiarity with hardware interfaces and protocols including I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, PCIe, or related platform control paths.
  • Experience using hardware schematics, design specifications, and device datasheets for embedded development.
  • Experience debugging interactions across FPGA, firmware, BIOS, and hardware layers.
  • Comfort working in Linux environments with Git-based development workflows.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, written communication, verbal communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Preferred experience integrating FPGA functionality with BMC firmware, BIOS, CPLDs, or other platform management components.
  • Preferred experience with LTPI or similar platform communication and management interfaces.
  • Preferred experience with Redfish, IPMI, SMBus, or related server management technologies.
  • Preferred experience with server hardware, data center platforms, or hyperscale infrastructure.
  • Preferred familiarity with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG, signal capture, and board-level debugging.
  • Preferred Python or Bash scripting experience for validation, automation, or test tooling.
  • Preferred experience reviewing or influencing vendor-delivered platform or firmware implementations.
  • Preferred ownership of firmware or FPGA features deployed to production at scale.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully paid by CoreWeave for US-based offerings.
  • Company-paid life insurance, voluntary supplemental life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
  • Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account.
  • Tuition reimbursement and participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
  • Mental wellness benefits through Spring Health and family-forming support through Carrot.
  • Paid parental leave and flexible, full-service childcare support through Kinside.
  • 401(k) with an employer match.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • Catered lunch at office and data center locations.
  • Casual work environment and a culture focused on innovative disruption.

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About CoreWeave

1,001-5,000 employees

CoreWeave provides a GPU-accelerated cloud for AI training and inference, VFX, and rendering, with bare-metal instances, Kubernetes orchestration, and managed services to scale workloads. It sells on-demand and reserved capacity to AI labs, startups, and enterprises, and offers SaaS tools and hands-on support for deployment. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, it is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the ticker CRWV.

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