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About Nvidia
Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing
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As a Principal Software Engineer, Rack-Scale System Software — CSP Engagements, you will serve as the technical focal point for rack-scale system software and firmware within the CSP Engagements team. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure cloud service providers can reliably deploy, monitor, and operate systems at fleet scale. Your daily responsibilities include driving architecture alignment for fabric management, link health monitoring, GPU/NVSwitch error handling, and firmware update orchestration. You will also manage health telemetry APIs, SW-driven serviceability features like hot-plug support, and multi-component firmware coordination. The role requires expertise in system software, platform firmware, distributed systems, and cluster management. You will utilize your knowledge of error recovery design patterns, fault isolation, and telemetry systems to solve complex problems regarding large-scale infrastructure reliability and operational efficiency for high-performance computing environments.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.
System Software Architecture
x86
ARM
aarch64
Linux Kernel
Device Drivers
CUDA
GPU Computing
CXL
Memory Fabric
Performance Analysis
High-Performance Computing
Hardware/Software Interface