System Software Engineer, Performance

Nvidia

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Work type: Remote
Location: Santa Clara, CAAustin, TXHillsboro, ORBoulder, CORedmond, WA
Salary: $124,000–$195,500 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 14 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
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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The System Software Engineer - Performance will join the Tegra system-on-chip software organization to support the ARM software ecosystem and system software architecture. This role focuses on enabling datacenter-scale performance and efficiency for next-generation products, including CPUs and CPU+GPU Superchips. The engineer will design, develop, test, and optimize software during both pre-silicon and post-silicon phases. Key responsibilities include identifying performance bottlenecks, conducting competitive analysis on uArchitecture and workload metrics, and developing benchmarks. Required skills include experience with multicore hardware, operating systems design, concurrency, virtual memory, caching, interrupts, device drivers, and real-time programming. Candidates should possess expertise in performance analysis, data analysis, and optimization, with specific familiarity in ARM architecture, CUDA programming, and CPU server system workloads within high-performance computing or large-scale environments.

What does a System Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $235750 from 70 postings across 4 companies.

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Skills

ARM Architecture System Software SoC CUDA GPU Computer Architecture Device Drivers Real-time Programming Performance Analysis Multicore Hardware Operating Systems Virtual Memory Caching HPC Data Analysis Pre-silicon Post-silicon

What you'll do

Design, develop, test, and optimize software for next-generation SoCs in pre-silicon and post-silicon phases.
Analyze and identify performance bottlenecks within the SoC architecture.
Create analysis documents and communicate technical information to internal and external audiences.
Conduct competitive analysis comparing uArchitecture and workload performance metrics against other silicon vendors.
Develop tools and use benchmarks to analyze system performance.
Optimize software for datacenter-scale performance and efficiency on CPU and CPU+GPU Superchips.

What we're looking for

BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
2+ years of relevant computer architecture or software development experience.
Hands-on technical experience with complex software and hardware designs.
Strong understanding of multicore hardware, operating systems, concurrency, virtual memory, caching, interrupts, device drivers, and real-time programming.
Experience in performance analysis, data analysis, and performance optimization.
Expertise in ARM architecture and the software ecosystem (preferred).
Proficiency in analyzing, debugging, and tuning performance of complex system software stacks (preferred).
Experience with CPU server system workloads, HPC, CUDA programming, or GPUs (preferred).

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