Senior GPU Kernel & Driver Engineer, Equity Eligible

NVIDIA Gruppe

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 152,000 - 242,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA seeks an innovative engineer with deep systems software expertise to join our GPU Software team, shaping production GPU kernel drivers and embedded software for datacenter and gaming markets.

You will design, develop, and verify features for next-generation GPU driver architecture, tackle performance bottlenecks, and collaborate with globally distributed teams on scalable solutions. Base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD with equity and benefits.

Qualifications

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields (or equivalent experience).
  • 5+ years of relevant software development experience.
  • Proven leadership skills and strong ownership of past projects.
  • Hands on experience with complex system-level debugging in a hardware/software environment.
  • Exceptional C/C++ programming and low-level driver experience; kernel experience.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and verify features for next-generation GPU driver architecture with hardware/software teams.
  • Identify and solve performance bottlenecks in the driver for datacenter and gaming markets.
  • Collaborate with globally distributed teams to deliver scalable GPU software solutions.

Skills

C/C++ programming
Kernel development
Low-level driver
System diagnostics
Leadership

Education

BS or MS in Computer Engineering or CS

Tools

Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD pipelines
Virtualization

Job description

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA seeks an innovative engineer with deep systems software expertise to join our GPU Software team, shaping production GPU kernel drivers and embedded software for datacenter and gaming markets.

You will design, develop, and verify features for next-generation GPU driver architecture, tackle performance bottlenecks, and collaborate with globally distributed teams on scalable solutions. Base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD with equity and benefits.

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