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Senior System Software Engineer

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior System Software Engineer in Bengaluru, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

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  • On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include CUDA, C and system software.
  • Level classifies it as a senior role.
  • Level lists 2,800+ other open roles at NVIDIA.
  • The role was posted in the last few days.

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Design, develop, and debug CUDA system software and graphics drivers for NVIDIA hardware.

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We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work in our CUDA system software team. You will have strong system software programming skills, a thorough understanding of operating systems and kernel programming, a deep understanding of hardware architecture, and excellent communication and planning skills. You will work closely with both hardware engineers and other software engineers to design, develop, debug and deploy many functional aspects of NVIDIA hardware and mobile system-on-chip (SOC) devices.


What you'll be doing:

You can expect be heavily involved through all aspects of development of our world-class products, ranging from design feedback, early modeling and simulation of hardware in pre-silicon environments, through early silicon bringup and finally deployment of features in production software that is delivered to end users. Be eager to learn about, and contribute to, the design of new compute and graphics drivers and new GPU architectures.


What we need to see:

  • Bachelor or Masters of Science in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, (a PhD is a plus), with 8 + years of relevant systems software development experience
  • You have excellent C programming skills, with strong knowledge of parallel programming
  • Excellent knowledge of computer system architectures
  • Low-level operating system knowledge a requirement
  • You have experience with complex system-level development and debugging
  • We would like to see applicants with a strong ability to multitask and perform well under pressure
  • Self driven, with a focus on execution and quality, with great communication and planning skills.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Engineers with CUDA experience are always a plus
  • Hardware simulation, emulation, and bringup experience is desirable
  • Kernel experience with Linux, Android, Chrome, or Windows systems is helpful

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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