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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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As a Senior System Software Engineer – Linux-Tegra Power Management and Performance Optimization, you will join the team to develop power and thermal management software features within the Linux kernel and user space for Tegra SoC and various embedded platforms. You will collaborate with power architects and hardware engineers on platform power estimation while optimizing the software stack to improve performance, efficiency, and responsiveness for edge AI and robotics use cases. Your daily work involves improving compute and memory utilization, reducing latency, and tuning system-level performance for reliable AI workloads in demanding environments. The role requires expertise in C programming, Linux kernel debugging, ARM processors, and embedded systems. You will utilize knowledge of scheduler features, dynamic frequency scaling, runtime power management, and thermal zones to solve critical power efficiency challenges at the chip and platform levels.
C
C++
Object-Oriented Programming
Linux Kernel
ARM
SoC
System Architecture
Pre-Silicon
Post-Silicon
bring up
Hardware Qualification
Failure Analysis
middle-ware