Senior GPU Power & Performance Systems Engineer

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is hiring a System Software Engineer to design, develop, and debug production software for GPU power and performance management. You will work at the intersection of hardware architecture, embedded firmware, device drivers, OS, and AI workloads, contributing across the product lifecycle from design to production support.

You will own features across the lifecycle, collaborate with ASIC, firmware, drivers, and data‑center teams, and help deliver high performance,

Qualifications

• Strong C programming and debugging skills.
• Deep understanding of OS fundamentals and device-driver architectures.
• Experience with embedded/real-time software and hardware interfaces.
• Ability to own challenging features end-to-end and drive them to production.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and debug GPU power and performance management software (P-states, DVFS).
• Develop real‑time control policies and validate power/performance metrics.
• Collaborate with architecture, firmware, and hardware teams on interfaces.
• Lead cross‑functional issue resolution across software and hardware.

Skills

C programming

OS fundamentals

Device drivers

Concurrency

Interrupt handling

Hardware programming

Debug complex issues

Production software

Education

BS or MS in CS/CE/EE or related field

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is hiring a System Software Engineer to design, develop, and debug production software for GPU power and performance management. You will work at the intersection of hardware architecture, embedded firmware, device drivers, OS, and AI workloads, contributing across the product lifecycle from design to production support.

You will own features across the lifecycle, collaborate with ASIC, firmware, drivers, and data‑center teams, and help deliver high performance,