Senior System Software Engineer - GPU and SoC

Details

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work.

NVIDIA is searching for highly motivated, creative engineers to join the Platform Software team. You will work with a team of hardworking software engineers working on all aspects of SoC and system, and technology verticals. As someone who is hardworking and passionate about their craft, you will design key aspects of our SoC drivers, BSP, sophisticated CI/CD system, as well as collaborating with key partners and OEM customers. You should demonstrate the ability to excel in an environment with fast pace and agility.

Responsibilities

• Develop and triage platform drivers that go into SoCs.
• Build sophisticated automation and triage tools to isolate issues for firmware and OS drivers.
• Support OS driver development, bring-up and triaging of platform and multimedia drivers.
• Support the OEM ecosystem and provide innovative solutions.
• Assist with Boot KPIs, Security and OS drivers.
• Follow devices from pre-silicon to bring-up to production across different business verticals.
• Be heavily involved in architecture definition, early modeling, and simulation required to create products.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with teams around the globe.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience and 5+ years of relevant software development experience.
• Strong understanding of ARM microarchitecture including ARM exception levels.
• Background in solving problems that apply to large, complex systems deployed at scale.
• Experience testing and validating drivers across various operating systems.
• Strong C/C++ and Python programming skills; demonstrated initiative with independent coding projects.
• Good understanding of ACPI and device tree concepts.
• Familiarity with computer system architecture, microprocessor and microcontroller fundamentals (caches, buses, memory controllers, DMA, etc.).
• Strong operating systems fundamentals with kernel and hypervisor experience on both Windows and Linux systems.
• Hands-on experience with debuggers such as GDB and WinDBG and compilers such as GCC, MSVC, LLVM.
• Good understanding of SoC architecture spanning Boot, Security and OS.

Ways to stand out

• Strong background with sophisticated system-level debugging.
• Experience working on system-level reliability and resiliency features.
• Familiarity with system-level security concepts.
• Experience with embedded system software concepts.

Compensation & Benefits

• The base salary range is 148,000 USD - 235,750 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4. 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 (see NVIDIA benefits link).

Additional information

• Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 8, 2025.
• NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is an equal opportunity employer. The company does not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics.