SoC Software Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $108,000–$178,250 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 14 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · SoC Software Engineer

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JOB TITLE: SoC Software Engineer - New College Grad 2027 As a New College Grad 2027, you will join a team building and maintaining software for complex heterogeneous computing systems. You will design and develop SoC software, validation solutions, and test frameworks for CPU, SoC, and GPU-based platforms. Your daily work involves developing software across user space, the kernel, firmware, and SoC boot software to support the journey from virtual prototypes to production-ready hardware. You will use C and C++ to solve system-level challenges involving processor architecture, specifically ARM. Key responsibilities include investigating hardware and software issues to improve performance, reliability, and power efficiency. You will collaborate with architecture and ASIC teams to integrate new capabilities across the software stack for AI, HPC, and accelerated computing workloads.

Skills

C C++ SoC Firmware Linux Kernel Embedded Software Device Drivers ARM Computer Architecture ASIC Hardware Validation Silicon Bring-up Object-Oriented Design AI HPC

What you'll do

Design and develop SoC software, validation solutions, and test frameworks for CPU, SoC, and GPU platforms.
Develop software across the stack, including user space, the kernel, firmware, and SoC boot software.
Build next-generation system validation and reliability software for virtual prototypes and production-ready hardware.
Contribute to system software architecture and integrate new capabilities across the software stack.
Investigate hardware and software issues to improve performance, reliability, power efficiency, and serviceability.
Collaborate with architecture and ASIC teams to translate requirements into new computing platforms.
Apply emerging technologies and industry standards to solve real-world engineering problems.

What we're looking for

Pursue or recently complete a BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
Possess strong C or C++ programming skills and an understanding of object-oriented design.
Have familiarity with low-level systems software, device drivers, firmware, embedded software, or hardware-facing programming.
Possess a foundational understanding of processor and computer architecture, preferably ARM.
Demonstrate strong problem-solving, debugging, and clear communication skills.
Knowledge of Linux systems or kernel internals (preferred).
Understanding of server, PC, embedded, or other complex computing architectures (preferred).
Experience with SoC development, pre-silicon environments, silicon bring-up, or hardware validation (preferred).