Senior CUDA Driver Engineer — Lead Systems & Performance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA is seeking senior engineers to advance the CUDA driver, a core platform component powering AI, HPC, and graphics workloads. You will design, implement, and evangelize new CUDA features, collaborating across NVIDIA to guide the future of CUDA.

The role calls for 15+ years of systems software experience, strong C skills, and deep OS interface knowledge, memory management, and HW/SW co-design. We offer equity, benefits, and a base salary range of 272,000–431,250 USD.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of systems software development experience.
• Strong C programming skills and ability to debug complex stacks.
• Experience with OS interfaces for threads, processes and virtual memory.
• Background with HW/SW co-design and performance modeling.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with cross-team collaboration.
• Ability to lead and influence in a dynamic matrix environment.

Responsibilities

• Use design abilities and coding expertise to deliver the best Compute platform.
• Evangelize, architect, and implement new CUDA features.
• Oversee and drive development across multiple teams.
• Collaborate with hardware architecture teams.
• Define improvements to 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

OS interfaces

HW/SW co-design

Performance modeling

Debugging complex stacks

Thread/process control

Verbal/written communication

Leadership influence

C++ familiarity

Education

BS or MS in CS/EE or related

Job description

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA is seeking senior engineers to advance the CUDA driver, a core platform component powering AI, HPC, and graphics workloads. You will design, implement, and evangelize new CUDA features, collaborating across NVIDIA to guide the future of CUDA.

The role calls for 15+ years of systems software experience, strong C skills, and deep OS interface knowledge, memory management, and HW/SW co-design. We offer equity, benefits, and a base salary range of 272,000–431,250 USD.