Senior System Software Engineer - Simulation Software

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 152,000-241,500 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

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Details

NVIDIA is developing accelerated computing technologies for AI, computer graphics, robotics, and self-driving vehicles. The Simulation Software team is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to help accelerate early system software development by enabling chip simulation as a trusted and reliable virtual platform.

Responsibilities

Drive early software bring-up on simulation platforms for new chip and platform programs.
Verify platform readiness and validate software functionality in pre-silicon development environments.
Develop scripts, tools, and automation to improve productivity, reliability, and scale for simulation-based software development.
Enable module teams to use simulation platforms effectively for development, debugging, and validation.
Debug complex issues spanning software, platform configuration, infrastructure, and simulation environment interactions.
Improve the developer experience for teams using simulation infrastructure through better workflows, diagnostics, and tooling.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, master's degree, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years of relevant software development experience.
Strong C/C++ and Python programming skills.
Hands-on experience with SystemC, VDK, or similar simulation platforms.
Experience with system software bring-up, platform validation, low-level software development, or infrastructure-facing systems engineering.
Strong Linux fundamentals, including shell scripting, process and debugging tools, and development workflows.
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across software stacks, tools, platform behavior, and system interactions.
Experience building developer tools, automation, test infrastructure, triage workflows, or efficiency-focused tooling.
Ability to work across teams and drive technical execution in ambiguous early-development environments.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with pre-silicon development, particularly simulation; emulation, FPGA, and virtual platforms are a plus.
Background with boot flows, drivers, firmware interactions, kernel or platform software, or hardware-software interfaces.
Familiarity with log analysis, failure triage, regression infrastructure, and validation workflows at scale.
Experience enabling engineering teams through shared tooling, workflows, and technical guidance.
Experience in silicon bring-up, early platform enablement, or transition from pre-silicon to silicon validation.