Senior Engineer, Math Libraries - Consumer and Embedded Platforms

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to enable CUDA Math Libraries on new platforms, focusing on integration, qualification, compliance, and performance readiness. You will work with core library and devops teams to ensure high-quality support across platforms.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in high-performance numerical software, strong C++/Python skills, and a PhD/MSc in related fields. This role offers equity and benefits; applications are open until October 9, 2026.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc in Computational Science and Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in developing high-performance numerical software
• Proficient in C++ and Python for HPC
• Experience with CI/CD systems and JIRA

Responsibilities

• Ensure platform readiness across Math Libraries for new and specialized platforms
• Perform defect triage and isolation of platform-specific vs library-specific problems and fix bugs
• Identify performance targets for new platforms and establish performance testing
• Collaborate with CI/CD, build, and test infrastructure teams to establish qualification pipelines

Skills

C++

Python

Parallel computing

Numerical software

CI/CD experience

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

PhD or MSc

Tools

CUDA

OpenMP

MPI

Git

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team enabling CUDA Math Libraries on new and specialized platforms. Around the world, leading commercial and academic organizations are revolutionizing AI, data analytics, and scientific and engineering simulations using data centers powered by GPUs. NVIDIA’s math libraries are core to global AI infrastructure and must deliver functionality and performance on every target.

In this role, you will enable NVIDIA’s CUDA Math Libraries on a wide variety of emerging platforms, including integration, functional qualification, compliance, and performance readiness, working closely with the core library and devops engineering teams to ensure consistent, high-quality support on every expanding platform. Ideal candidates will have experience in scientific and numerical computing libraries, GPU kernel development, and parallel programming. This is your opportunity to join an organization that is on the forefront of unlocking application performance in the AI era! We would love for you to bring your talent to the team.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Ensure platform readiness across Math Libraries (including cuBLAS, cuSPARSE, cuSOLVER, cuFFT, and others) for new and specialized platforms.
• Perform defect triage and isolation of platform-specific versus library-specific problems, fixing bugs to ensure functional correctness and referring to a library specialist as needed.
• Identify performance targets for new platforms, establish performance testing and fix performance regressions.
• Collaborate with CI/CD, build, and test infrastructure teams to establish platform-specific qualification and validation pipelines.

What We Need To See

• PhD or MSc degree in Computational Science and Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or related science or engineering field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of overall experience in developing high-performance numerical software.
• Experience with object-oriented programming, large system software architecture development, parallel computing, testing, maintenance, and performance optimization of HPC software using C++ and Python.
• Strong understanding of fundamental numerical methods and computations in science, engineering, and/or deep learning.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation habits.
• Experience with software development practices, such as CI/CD systems, and project management tools such as JIRA.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Experience with CUDA, GPU-accelerated computing, and parallel programming (e.g. MPI, OpenMP, OpenACC, pthreads).
• Familiarity with math libraries (BLAS, LAPACK, FFT, sparse solvers).
• Proven track record using Agentic AI to boost your efficiency and code quality.
• Experience with cross-platform software development and platform bring-up across multiple architectures.
• Background with delivering software for safety-critical or embedded environments (e.g., DriveOS, ISO 26262).

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 9, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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