This role pays more than
88%
of similar roles. Most pay
$151,000–$235,750
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$236k
versus about
$193k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
Nvidia currently has
896 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$184,000–$287,500
across 876 roles with salary data.
The Staff System Software Engineer, RTL-to-GDS Flow Platform joins the Engineering Workflow Platform team to build user-facing infrastructure for complex chip creation. This role involves designing control planes that transform engineering intent and layered configurations into repeatable workflow stages, generated artifacts, and validation results. The engineer will create models for dependencies, manifests, and provenance while diagnosing production failures involving Linux processes, shared filesystems, and schedulers. Key responsibilities include modernizing established infrastructure while maintaining compatibility for active projects. The role requires expertise in Python, C++, Perl, Tcl, shell scripting, Make, YAML, and JSON. Candidates must possess strong Linux and POSIX fundamentals to manage environment variables, exit codes, and logs. The work focuses on the technical challenge of turning chip-design intent into reliable production workflows by integrating EDA tools, distributed jobs, and shared project states.
What does a System Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $235750 from 37 postings across 4 companies.