Principal System Software Engineer - CUDA Driver
About the role
We are hiring senior engineers to work on the CUDA driver, a core component of our platform for accelerating general purpose computation on the GPU. Our team delivers features and improvements to better realize the potential of NVIDIA hardware for a growing range of computational workloads, ranging from deep learning, scientific computation, and self-driving cars to video games and virtual reality!
Responsibilities
- Use your design abilities, coding expertise, and creativity to deliver the best Compute platform in the world.
- Craft elegant solutions to exciting problems and craft the future direction of CUDA as you collaborate with your peers across NVIDIA.
- Evangelize, architect, and implement new CUDA features.
- Oversee and drive development efforts across multiple teams.
- Collaborate with members of hardware architecture teams.
- Help define forward-looking improvements to the CUDA APIs and programming model.
- Design and maintain performance and precision modeling.
- Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- Develop code for multiple operating systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 15+ years of relevant systems software development experience.
- Strong C programming skills.
- Experience designing, debugging, and maintaining complex software stacks.
- Background with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory.
- Experience with HW/SW co-design, perf. modeling using emulation/simulation, creating SW programming model exposures for HW features.
- Expert interpersonal, verbal, and written communications skills with a capability to achieve objectives under tight deadlines.
- Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills, specifically a proven ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic matrix environment.
Qualifications
- Understanding of system level architecture, such as interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped I/O.
- Designing and implementing drivers programming rich HW acceleration engines and software verification test plans.
- Knowledge of CPU, GPU architectures, memory coherence and consistency models.
- Some background with kernel mode development.
- Familiarity with C++.
Skills
- Expertise in CUDA programming and driver development.
- Experience with GPU architecture and performance optimization.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Benefits
Base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Pay
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD.
Schedule
Not specified.
Application Instructions
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until July 1, 2026.
Minor Metadata
NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for phenomenal people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!