Senior Systems Software Engineer – GPU Software

About the role

NVIDIA is searching for a creative and highly motivated engineer with expertise in systems software to join the GPU Software team. You will design key aspects of our production GPU kernel drivers and embedded SW that impacts our products both in the datacenter and in gaming markets.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, develop and verify features for our next generation GPU driver architecture; collaborating with hardware engineers and fellow software engineers
• Help identify and solve performance bottlenecks in our driver, both in markets of scale like datacenter as well in gaming markets where applications need to run as fast as possible
• Get opportunities to collaborate and communicate effectively with teams from all around the globe

What We Need To See

• BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of relevant software development experience
• Proven leadership skills and strong ownership of past projects
• Hands on technical experience and demonstrated excellence in an environment with complex software and hardware designs
• Exceptional C programming and low-level driver experience; background and strength with complex system-level debugging
• Kernel experience with Linux, Android, Chrome, or Windows systems
• Familiarity and comfort with computer system architecture, microprocessor, and microcontroller fundamentals (caches, buses, memory controllers, DMA, etc.)

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Experience as a maintainer or contributor to large open source software projects
• Knowledge of virtualization platforms (XenServer, KVM, Hyper-V)
• Familiarity and comfort with kernel level security concepts; this includes testing techniques and a familiarity with static code analysis, dynamic analysis, fuzzing, negative testing and other techniques
• Experience with embedded system SW concepts, e.g.: RTOS and overlay programming models

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 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.

Schedule

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Application Instructions

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 8, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.