Senior System Software Engineer

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • Research & Development • $148,000 PA - $287,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

NVIDIA seeks a Senior System Software Engineer to contribute to the development of the CUDA driver, a crucial component of their platform for GPU-accelerated computing. Responsibilities encompass all phases of development, from design and pre-silicon simulation to silicon bring-up and final production deployment. The role involves CUDA enablement for new silicon and architectures, collaboration with hardware and software teams, and the design and implementation of new CUDA features. Candidates should possess strong C programming skills, operating system knowledge (threads, processes, virtual memory), experience with multithreaded programming, and a deep understanding of computer system architectures. The work spans multiple operating systems and involves contributing to the evolution of CUDA APIs and programming models.
Must have:
  • 5+ years system software development experience
  • Strong C programming skills
  • Parallel programming knowledge
  • Operating system interfaces experience
  • Multithreaded programming expertise
  • Large codebase experience
Good to have:
  • System architecture understanding
  • Kernel mode development experience
  • Windows/Linux/macOS driver development
  • C++ familiarity
  • CUDA experience
Perks:
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

We are hiring senior engineers to work on the CUDA driver, a core component of our platform for accelerating general purpose computation on the GPU. Our team delivers features and improvements to better realize the potential of NVIDIA hardware for a growing range of computational workloads, ranging from across deep learning, scientific computation, and self-driving cars, video games and virtual reality.

CUDA helps define a unified programming model across a range of system configurations and hardware capabilities accomplished through CUDA driver interaction with GPU hardware, kernel mode drivers, and the operating system. This role incorporates strong system software programming skills, a detailed understanding of operating systems and kernel programming, hardware architecture, as well as excellent communication and planning skills. You will work closely with both hardware engineers and other software engineers to craft, develop, debug and deploy many functional aspects of NVIDIA hardware and mobile system-on-chip (SOC) devices!

What you'll be doing:

You can expect be heavily involved through all aspects of development of our world-class products, ranging up front from design feedback, early modeling, simulation of hardware in pre-silicon environments, all the way through to early silicon bringup and final feature deployment in production software ultimately delivered to end users. You should be eager to learn about, and contribute to, the design of new compute and graphics drivers and new GPU architectures!

In this role, you will:

  • Develop Software on Pre-Si environments(Simulation/Emulation)

  • Own and drive CUDA enablement for new Silicon and Architecture

  • Work with SW, HW and relevant teams to develop, stabilize and productize CUDA features for new chips and systems

  • Promote, architect, and implement new features, as well as own contribution to bring up of CUDA on new chips

  • Help define forward-looking improvements to the CUDA APIs and programming model, while driving development efforts across multiple teams

  • Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code

  • Developing code for multiple operating systems

What we need to see:

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

  • 5+ years of relevant systems software development experience

  • Strong C programming skills, knowledge of parallel programming

  • Excellent knowledge of computer system architectures

  • Experience with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory

  • Experience writing and debugging multithreaded programs

  • Background with working with large codebases

  • Deep understanding of technology and passionate about what you do

  • Good written communication as well as strong collaborative skills and ability to effectively guide and influence across groups

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Understanding of system level architecture, such as interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped IO

  • Knowledge of memory coherence and consistency models

  • Background with kernel mode development

  • Experience with Windows, Linux, or macOS driver development

  • Some familiarity with C++, CUDA experience

The base salary range is 148,000 USD - 287,500 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Similar Jobs

Google - Software Engineer, Computer Vision and Machine Learning

Google

New Taipei, New Taipei City, Taiwan (On-Site)
1 Week ago
ByteDance - Student Researcher (Doubao (Seed) - Generative AI)

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (Hybrid)
1 Week ago
Google - Software Engineer III, Machine Learning, Search

Google

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
ByteDance - Algorithm Engineer - Audio Understanding - Start 2025

ByteDance

Singapore (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Velotio Technologies - AI Platform Engineer (Python OR Java)

Velotio Technologies

Maharashtra, India (Remote)
4 Weeks ago
NVIDIA - Senior Timing Methodology Engineer

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Luxoft - Senior C++ Developer with Android experience

Luxoft

Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Google - ASIC Power Architect, Silicon

Google

New Taipei, New Taipei City, Taiwan (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Trackman - Product Developer - American Football (Radar/DSP - Modelling - C++/Python)

Trackman

Hørsholm, Denmark (On-Site)
4 Weeks ago
Nagarro - Principal Engineer, Scrum Master

Nagarro

India (On-Site)
6 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

NVIDIA - Machine Learning Intern - 2025

NVIDIA

(On-Site)
2 Months ago
ByteDance - Video Analysis and Quality Algorithm Intern 2023 Summer/Fall (PHD)

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Epic Games - Machine Learning Engineer

Epic Games

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
1 Month ago
NVIDIA - Senior Solutions Architect, Omniverse Platform

NVIDIA

Beijing, Beijing, China (On-Site)
1 Month ago
ByteDance - Research Scientist Intern (Doubao (Seed) - Machine Learning System) - 2025 Summer (PhD)

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Airlab Inc  - Publisher Development Manager

Airlab Inc

Quebec, Canada (On-Site)
4 Weeks ago
ASSIST Software - Other Positions

ASSIST Software

Suceava, Suceava County, Romania (Remote)
5 Months ago
Google - Software Engineer III, Machine Learning, Google Ads

Google

Mountain View, California, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Xsolla - Machine Learning Engineer

Xsolla

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Remote)
6 Days ago
Google - Senior Software Developer, AI/Machine Learning, Applied AI

Google

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (On-Site)
1 Week ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Santa Clara, California, United States

Google - SoC RTL Security Design Engineer

Google

Sunnyvale, California, United States (On-Site)
4 Days ago
Google - Security Engineering Manager, Cloud Red Team, Cloud CISO

Google

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
CatFace - Minecraft Cinematographer

CatFace

Austin, Texas, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
ByteDance - Video Experience Software Engineer Intern

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Games For Love - Volunteer Marketer (With No Salary/Compensation)

Games For Love

Lynnwood, Washington, United States (Remote)
8 Months ago
Daybreak Game Company LLC - Lead Software Engineer

Daybreak Game Company LLC

Renton, Washington, United States (Remote)
10 Months ago
ByteDance - Senior Software Engineer - IaaS AI Infra

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
undefined - Sales Development Representative

United States (Remote)
6 Months ago
Twitch - Software Development Engineer - Safety ML

Twitch

San Francisco, California, United States (On-Site)
4 Weeks ago
DraftKings - Executive Assistant

DraftKings

Boston, Massachusetts, United States (On-Site)
6 Days ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Research & Development Jobs

NXP - <2025 Internship Program> Application Engineer

NXP

Taipei City, Taiwan (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Microsoft - Research Intern - Office of the Chief Scientific Officer

Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States (On-Site)
3 Days ago
Rivos - SOC Physical Design - Full time

Rivos

Hsinchu, Hsinchu City, Taiwan (Hybrid)
6 Months ago
ByteDance - High-Performance Computing Research Scientist (Algorithm Acceleration)

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Pattern® - Senior Software Engineer - NodeJS

Pattern®

Pune, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
7 Months ago
NVIDIA - Senior CUDA Compute Systems Software Engineer

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Ceragon Networks - Verification Team Lead

Ceragon Networks

Karnataka, India (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Assystems - Ingénieur Coordination et études nucléaires H/F

Assystems

Rouen, Normandy, France (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Google - Senior Mixed Signal Silicon CAD Engineer

Google

Mountain View, California, United States (On-Site)
6 Days ago
Corsair - Firmware Software Engineer

Corsair

Taiwan (On-Site)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)

Yokne'am Illit, North District, Israel (On-Site)

Yokne'am Illit, North District, Israel (On-Site)

Yokne'am Illit, North District, Israel (On-Site)

Yokne'am Illit, North District, Israel (On-Site)

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by NVIDIA

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug