Senior CUDA Driver Architect — Lead High-Performance Systems

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 272,000 - 431,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara is seeking senior engineers to advance the CUDA driver, a core part of our platform that accelerates general purpose computation on GPUs. You will design, implement, and refine features, collaborating with hardware, software, and systems teams to push the boundaries of performance and reliability.

You will work across operating systems, optimize memory and threading interfaces, and contribute to the CUDA programming model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 15+ years of relevant systems software development experience.
• Strong C programming skills.
• Experience designing, debugging, and maintaining complex software stacks.
• Background with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory.
• Experience with HW/SW co-design, perf. modeling using emulation/simulation, creating SW programming model exposures for HW features.
• Expert interpersonal, verbal, and written communications skills with a capability to achieve objectives under tight deadlines.
• Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills, specifically a proven ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic matrix environment.

Responsibilities

• Evangelize, architect, and implement new CUDA features.
• Oversee and drive development efforts across multiple teams.
• Collaborate with hardware architecture teams.
• Help define forward-looking improvements to the CUDA APIs and programming model.
• Design and maintain performance and precision modeling.
• Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Develop code for multiple operating systems.

Skills

C programming

Operating system interfaces

HW/SW co-design

Performance modeling

Debugging complex software stacks

Cross-functional collaboration

Threads/process control/virtual memory

C++ familiarity

Education

Bachelor or Master in CS/EE or related field

Tools

Emulation/simulation tools

C++

Job description

NVIDIA in Santa Clara is seeking senior engineers to advance the CUDA driver, a core part of our platform that accelerates general purpose computation on GPUs. You will design, implement, and refine features, collaborating with hardware, software, and systems teams to push the boundaries of performance and reliability.

You will work across operating systems, optimize memory and threading interfaces, and contribute to the CUDA programming model.