Senior System Software Engineer, CUDA Chips

Nvidia

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $152,000–$241,500 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 43 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Nov 1, 2026 (soon)
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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TL;DR · Senior System Software Engineer, CUDA Chips

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JOB TITLE: Senior System Software Engineer - CUDA Chips The Senior System Software Engineer - CUDA Chips joins the team responsible for the CUDA driver, a core component for accelerating general-purpose computation on the GPU. This role involves developing software for pre-silicon environments through simulation and emulation, owning CUDA enablement for new silicon, and productizing features for new chips and systems. You will work with hardware and software teams to craft, debug, and deploy functional aspects of hardware and mobile system-on-chip devices. Key responsibilities include defining improvements to CUDA APIs and programming models while writing maintainable code for multiple operating systems. Required skills include strong C programming, parallel programming knowledge, and expertise in computer system architectures, operating system interfaces for threads and virtual memory, and multithreaded program debugging.

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Skills

CUDA C C++ Kernel Programming Operating Systems Parallel Programming Driver Development Linux Windows macOS System Architecture Emulation Virtual Memory Memory-Mapped IO Hardware Architecture

What you'll do

Develop software on pre-silicon environments using simulation and emulation.
Own and drive CUDA enablement for new silicon and hardware architectures.
Develop, stabilize, and productize CUDA features for new chips and systems.
Architect and implement new features and lead the bring-up of CUDA on new chips.
Define forward-looking improvements to CUDA APIs and the programming model.
Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code for multiple operating systems.
Provide design feedback and early modeling for hardware in pre-silicon environments.
Debug and deploy functional aspects of NVIDIA hardware and mobile system-on-chip devices.

What we're looking for

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 and knowledge of parallel programming.
Excellent knowledge of computer system architectures and operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory.
Experience writing and debugging multithreaded programs and working with large codebases.
Good written communication and strong collaborative skills to guide and influence across groups.
Understanding of system level architecture, interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped IO (preferred).
Knowledge of memory coherence and consistency models, kernel mode development, and driver development for Windows, Linux, or macOS (preferred).

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