GPU Power & Performance Software Engineer (P-States & DVFS)

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 242,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a System Software Engineer for its GPU Performance and Power Management Software team in the United States. You will design, develop, and debug production software for P-states, DVFS, and power-management controllers across data-center GPUs.

You’ll work at the intersection of hardware, embedded firmware, device drivers, and OS, contributing to pre-silicon validation, silicon bring-up, and production support while collaborating with architects and cross-functional teams to

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of relevant industry experience or strong project experience in system software.
• Strong programming skills in C and low-level kernel software development.
• Good understanding of OS fundamentals, computer architecture, device-driver architecture, embedded or real-time software, concurrency, interrupts, and hardware programming.
• Ability to independently debug and analyze across multiple software/hardware layers.
• Ability to read hardware specifications and software interface definitions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and debug GPU power and performance-management software, focusing on P-state management and DVFS.
• Develop control policies to optimize GPU performance, power, thermals, and energy efficiency under heavy workloads.
• Support full product lifecycle from requirements to production support.
• Collaborate with GPU architects to define hardware-software interfaces for next-generation processors.
• Analyze interactions among workloads, clocks, voltages, power limits, thermals, telemetry, and system policies.
• Investigate and resolve power, performance, stability, and reliability issues across firmware, drivers, hardware, and platform software.
• Help validate strategies and automation for functional correctness and robustness across operating conditions.
• Write technical documentation and interface definitions for features.
• Partner with distributed teams across architecture, ASIC, firmware, driver, validation, and data-center systems.

Skills

C programming

Kernel development

Operating systems

Concurrent programming

Education

BS/MS in CS/CE/EE

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a System Software Engineer for its GPU Performance and Power Management Software team in the United States. You will design, develop, and debug production software for P-states, DVFS, and power-management controllers across data-center GPUs.

You’ll work at the intersection of hardware, embedded firmware, device drivers, and OS, contributing to pre-silicon validation, silicon bring-up, and production support while collaborating with architects and cross-functional teams to