Senior System Software Engineer, NVLink Fusion

Nvidia; Westford (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in Massachusetts is seeking a senior software/firmware engineer to design, implement, test, and maintain low-level NVLink Fusion software, including kernel-mode drivers and embedded firmware, across the product lifecycle from architecture to production.

You will debug hardware/software issues, collaborate with internal teams and external partners, and help deliver reliable, high‑performance interconnect platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or computer science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software, firmware, or systems development experience.
• Strong C/C++ and scripting skills; low-level systems expertise.
• Knowledge of computer architecture and hardware/software interaction.
• Experience debugging and collaborating with hardware teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and maintain low-level NVLink Fusion software, including kernel-mode drivers and embedded firmware, across the product lifecycle from architecture and pre-silicon development through production.
• Debug hardware/software issues and collaborate with internal teams and external partners to integrate, validate, and deliver reliable, high-performance interconnect platforms.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Kernel-Mode Drivers

Embedded Firmware

Microcode

Linux Kernel Development

Computer Architecture

Memory-Mapped I/O

Interrupts

DMA

Concurrency

Hardware/Software Debugging

System Testing

Silicon Bring-Up

High-Speed Interconnects

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering/CS

Job description

Design, implement, test, and maintain low-level NVLink Fusion software, including kernel-mode drivers and embedded firmware, across the product lifecycle from architecture and pre-silicon development through production. Debug hardware/software issues and collaborate with internal teams and external partners to integrate, validate, and deliver reliable, high-performance interconnect platforms.

Requirements:

Requires a bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant engineering or computer science field, or equivalent experience, and at least five years of relevant software, firmware, or systems development experience. Candidates should have strong C or C++ and scripting skills, low-level systems expertise, knowledge of computer architecture and hardware/software interaction, and experience debugging and collaborating with hardware teams.

Key Skills:

• C
• C++
• Python
• Kernel-Mode Drivers
• Embedded Firmware
• Microcode
• Linux Kernel Development
• Computer Architecture
• Memory-Mapped I/O
• Interrupts
• DMA
• Concurrency
• Hardware/Software Debugging
• System Testing
• Silicon Bring-Up
• High-Speed Interconnects

Benefits:

• Equity
• Benefits