Senior System Software Engineer - GPU Drivers & Security

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 288,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System SW Engineer to lead security and architecture initiatives across GPU kernel drivers, embedded software, and platform security. You will partner with hardware, software, and security teams to deliver secure, high-performance solutions from architecture through production.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, rigorous code reviews, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen reliability, security, and performance in datacenter, gaming, and compute

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years in systems software, embedded development, or security engineering.
• Experience securing low-level software, including operating-system kernels, device drivers, embedded systems, or platform software.
• Strong C programming, low-level driver development, and system-level debugging skills.
• Experience with Linux, Windows, Android, ChromeOS, or comparable operating-system kernels.
• Solid understanding of computer architecture, including processors, caches, buses, memory controllers, DMA, interrupts, and memory protection.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, ownership, and ability to drive complex cross-functional projects.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex security and systems topics to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, implement, and verify security and systems features for GPU kernel drivers, embedded software, and next-generation GPU architectures.
• Drive secure-design practices across code, development processes, and product architecture; lead adoption across partner engineering organizations.
• Conduct software and hardware security reviews, identify vulnerabilities and architectural risks, and guide mitigation strategies.
• Debug and resolve complex issues across drivers, operating-system kernels, embedded environments, hardware interfaces, and virtualization layers.
• Balance security, reliability, and performance requirements for datacenter-scale and performance-sensitive inference & training workloads.
• Define and execute long-term security roadmaps in collaboration with global software, hardware, and product teams.

Skills

C programming

driver development

system-level debugging

kernel development

cross-functional leadership

communication skills

security engineering

Education

BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Linux

Windows

Android

ChromeOS

Hypervisors

IOMMUs

Virtual machines

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System SW Engineer to lead security and architecture initiatives across GPU kernel drivers, embedded software, and platform security. You will partner with hardware, software, and security teams to deliver secure, high-performance solutions from architecture through production.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, rigorous code reviews, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen reliability, security, and performance in datacenter, gaming, and compute