System Software Engineer, HPC Performance

About the role

NVIDIA's products, hardware and software, are world leaders for performance and efficiency. We are continually innovating in creative and unique ways to improve our ability to deliver extraordinary solutions across a wide range of sectors. We are seeking System Software Engineers who are passionate about what they do and are committed to making a difference in the world through their inventions. In the Software Development Tools Team, we enable 1st & 3rd-party developers to turn NVIDIA's hardware into groundbreaking cluster, server, professional, consumer, automotive, and embedded solutions.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and expand network hardware and software profiling tools.
• Implementation primarily in C/C++ with some Python for analysis scripting.
• Work with customers and engineers across teams to explore problems, find solutions, write functional requirements docs and designs, drive execution, and deliver multi-functional software solutions.
• Partner with system architects, product definition engineers, software/firmware engineers, HW/SW applications engineers and operations, in a multifaceted, dynamic, high-energy work environment to bring industry-defining products to market.
• Be involved with the premiere multi-discipline GPU+CPU+networking profiling tool in the industry; work with researchers and real world developers who are doing important work to improve computers and computing systems.
• Build software tools that enable developers across a spectrum of markets to optimize their workflows; enable complex computer systems doing ongoing work in High Performance Computing (HPC), Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Machines, pro-visualization, and entertainment; enable work in tiny embedded and automotive systems.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in EE, CE, CS, or Systems Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum of 5 years of service in a related hardware/software position.
• Excellent problem solving, collaborative, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with international teams preferred.
• Experience creating monitoring, profiling, or optimization software tools for developers working on large scale systems, including both classic HPC and cloud computing environments.

Qualifications

• Experience with multiple architectures (x86, ARM, Power) or multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS).
• Proven track record of crafting engineering designs, driving them to consensus within teams, and bringing them to fruition.
• Understanding of the intricacies of complex computer hardware and how that affects performance.
• Experience with low level hardware a major plus.

Pay

Base salary range: 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD, determined based on location, experience, and pay of employees in similar positions. Eligible for equity and benefits.