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The Senior System Software Engineer - Datacenter Power Management joins the Datacenter Performance and Power Management Software team. This role involves architecting, building, and debugging production software for datacenter power management controllers, focusing on end-to-end power management at racks and data halls. You will develop real-time controllers and policies to dynamically optimize performance, thermals, and energy efficiency under demanding workloads. Key responsibilities include driving features across the full product lifecycle, from pre-silicon validation to silicon bring-up and production support. You will utilize C to develop low-level software, including device drivers, embedded firmware, and real-time systems. The work requires deep knowledge of operating-system fundamentals, concurrency, interrupt handling, and hardware-software interactions to solve complex power, stability, and reliability issues within next-generation data-center infrastructures.
What does a System Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $235750 from 70 postings across 4 companies.
Architect, build, and debug production software for data center power and performance management controllers.
Develop real-time controllers and policies to optimize performance, power, thermals, and energy efficiency.
Drive software features across the full product lifecycle from initial requirements to production support.
Define hardware-software interfaces in collaboration with GPU architects and hardware designers.
Analyze complex interactions between workloads, clocks, voltages, power limits, and system-level policies.
Lead investigations and resolutions for power, performance, stability, and reliability issues across firmware and drivers.
Develop validation strategies and automation for functional correctness and performance-per-watt metrics.
Create architecture, interface, and compose specifications for new power-management features.
What we're looking for
BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 12+ years of extensive industry experience crafting system software, embedded firmware, device drivers, or other hardware-related production software.
Strong programming skills in C, including experience developing, debugging, and maintaining complex low-level software.
Deep understanding of operating-system fundamentals, device-driver architecture, embedded or real-time software, concurrency, interrupt handling, and hardware programming.
Experience interpreting hardware specifications and developing software interfaces for registers, telemetry, interrupts, and control mechanisms.
Strong understanding of computer architecture and hardware-software interactions.
Proven ability to independently debug complex problems across multiple software and hardware layers.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a track record of working across organizational and geographic boundaries.
C
C++
Python
Firmware
Kernel Drivers
ARM
Power Management
Computer Architecture
Operating Systems
DVFS
Simulation
Emulation
Memory-Mapped IO
Interrupts
C
C++
Python
Firmware
System Software
ARM
DVFS
Power Management
Computer Architecture
Operating Systems
Simulation
Emulation
Memory-Mapped IO
Interrupts