System Software Engineer, Performance - CUDA Driver

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

$120,000-230,000 per year

MIDDLE SENIOR
✅ On-site

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

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Required Skills & Competences ?

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Details

We are hiring engineers to work on the CUDA driver and runtime, core components of our platform for accelerating general purpose computation on the GPU. Our team analyzes performance of applications, investigates bottlenecks in software or hardware and delivers features and improvements to better realize the potential of NVIDIA hardware for a growing range of computational workloads, ranging from deep learning, scientific computation, and self-driving cars to video games and virtual reality.

Responsibilities

  • Evangelize, architect, and implement new features.
  • Analyze full stack performance ranging from application level through libraries, system software, kernel software and hardware.
  • Define forward-looking improvements to the CUDA APIs and programming model.
  • Create novel system software optimizations.
  • Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code.
  • Develop code for multiple operating systems.

Requirements

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience).
  • 1 to 3+ years of relevant industry experience or equivalent academic experience after BS.
  • Strong C programming skills.
  • Experience or comfort in working with large codebases.
  • Track record of debugging performance problems in complex environments with software and hardware components.
  • Experience with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory.
  • Experience writing and debugging multithreaded programs.
  • Deep understanding of technology and passionate about what you do.
  • Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills, specifically a proven ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic matrix environment. Good written communication.

Benefits

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most brilliant and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, and are interested in working on novel problems in a collaborative environment, we want to hear from you!

The base salary range is 120,000 USD - 230,000 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.