Senior Director, Graphics Systems — Equity Eligible

NVIDIA Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 384,000 - 575,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in the United States is seeking a deeply technical Senior Director of System Software Engineering to lead a world-class software organization responsible for graphics drivers, APIs, compilers, and shading languages, including Slang. You will guide teams through change, sustain production commitments, and drive measurable improvements in speed, reliability, and quality.

Lead the execution of Vulkan, OpenGL, and CUDA-based software, from enablement to release, including

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Graphics, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ overall years of relevant management experience in system software graphics, GPU, or related platform engineering, including 8+ years leading engineering teams with senior ICs and managers.
• Deep expertise in graphics system software, with substantial experience in drivers, APIs, compilers, or shading languages.
• Strong understanding of GPU architecture, graphics and compute pipelines, operating systems, and hardware/software interfaces, supported by a C/C++ systems programming background.
• Outstanding record of leading software organizations through complex product cycles and shipping highly performant production‑quality systems.
• Demonstrated proficiency in agentic software development, with measurable results and a track record of building team expertise.
• Strong technical judgment and communication skills, with proven success building engineering partnerships and resolving technical disagreements.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy, roadmaps, and priorities, balancing emerging graphics capabilities with existing product commitments.
• Guide hardware/software co-design and the evolution of graphics APIs, compilers, and shading languages to bring new capabilities to developers.
• Establish an AI friendly development model for implementation, debugging, and validation, using production results to refine and expand it across teams.
• Drive execution and production delivery of Vulkan, OpenGL, and CUDA-based graphics software, from GPU and SoC enablement through integration, optimization, validation, and release, including automotive graphics safety commitments.
• Lead engineering partnerships across NVIDIA and externally as well, aligning requirements, component ownership, integration plans, and release commitments.
• Attract, develop, and retain world-class engineering leaders while encouraging technical excellence, accountability, inclusion, and innovation.

Skills

Graphics system software

C/C++ systems programming

Leadership of engineering teams

Technical judgment & communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CUDA

Vulkan

OpenGL

Slang

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation in the United States is seeking a deeply technical Senior Director of System Software Engineering to lead a world-class software organization responsible for graphics drivers, APIs, compilers, and shading languages, including Slang. You will guide teams through change, sustain production commitments, and drive measurable improvements in speed, reliability, and quality.

Lead the execution of Vulkan, OpenGL, and CUDA-based software, from enablement to release, including