GPU Driver Engineer: High-Performance PCIe & Vulkan

Bolt Graphics, Inc.; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision coverage

Equity stock options

401(k) match

WFH Equipment Reimbursement

Generous Paid Time Off

Job summary

Bolt Graphics, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking an experienced GPUDriver Developer to design, develop, and implement a high-performance host-sidedriver stack and API for our proprietary RISC-V GPU architecture.

We hire for a range of Junior to Senior roles and offer growth with state-of-the-art graphics technology, collaboration across teams, and a strong focus on delivering production-grade software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience with high-performance graphics and compute drivers.
• Experience developing drivers for Windows and Linux.
• Deep understanding of UserMode and KernelMode driver development.
• Strong knowledge of GPU APIs such as Vulkan, Metal, DirectX, CUDA, and SYCL.
• Solid understanding of CPU architecture and microarchitecture.
• Proficient in C/C++ programming.
• Experience with code analysis, IR (LLVM, MLIR, ISPC), and LLVM and GCC internals.

Responsibilities

• Design a low-level path-tracing, graphics, and compute API for our proprietary GPU.
• Develop User and Kernel-Mode drivers for Windows, Linux, and embedded on a RISC-V CPU running Linux.
• Coordinate with the GPU Compiler team to communicate with the GPU through PCIe or on-board shared memory.
• Coordinate with the GPU Standards Development team to implement functionality required by industry-standard APIs that overlay our proprietary GPU driver.
• Develop a toolchain for development, optimization, and debugging.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Driver development

Windows and Linux drivers

CPU architecture

Graphics drivers

GPU APIs (Vulkan/DirectX/Metal/CUDA/SY

LLVM/MLIR/ISPC

High-performance graphics/compute

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

PCIe

LLVM

MLIR

ISPC

GCC internals

Job description

Bolt Graphics, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking an experienced GPUDriver Developer to design, develop, and implement a high-performance host-sidedriver stack and API for our proprietary RISC-V GPU architecture.

We hire for a range of Junior to Senior roles and offer growth with state-of-the-art graphics technology, collaboration across teams, and a strong focus on delivering production-grade software.