Senior System Software Engineer - Performance

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated

computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s

fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the

unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which

our tightly coupled CPU, GPU and DPU technology acts as the brains of computers,

robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never

been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an

NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone

is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a

lasting impact on the world! NVIDIA is searching for a highly motivated,

technical engineer to join the Tegra system-on-chip (SoC) software organization.

You will work on key aspects of our ARM SW ecosystem and system software

architecture. With a targeted charter to enable best-in-class datacenter-scale

performance and efficiency for our next generation of datacenter products,

including CPUs and CPU+GPU Superchips. What you will be doing: Design, develop,

test, and optimize software for our next-generation SoCs. In both pre-silicon

and post-silicon phases of execution. Review architectural performance

bottlenecks for various system wide work loads. Identify HW/SW policies to drive

performance and performance/watt leadership. Using strong communication skills,

build and drive architecture, analysis documents and communications to internal

and/or external audiences about our technology. Competitive analysis comparing

uArchitecture & workload performance metrics on NVIDIA's ARM SoCs against

emerging processors from other silicon vendors. Influence and drive full-stack

adoption of performance optimizations and best practices across NVIDIA SW

products & OSS SDKs What we need to see: BS or MS degree in Computer

Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree (or equivalent experience). 6+

years of relevant computer architecture or SW development experience. Proven

leadership skills and strong ownership on past projects. Hands on technical

experience and demonstrated excellence in an environment with complex software

and hardware designs. Strong understanding of multicore hardware, operating

systems design, concurrency, virtual memory, caching, interrupts, device drivers

and real-time programming. Strong stills in performance analysis, data analysis

and performance optimization. Strong use of linux perf tool, application/library

performance optimizations. Ways to stand out from the crowd: Deep expertise in

ARM architecture and SW ecosystem. Proficient in analyzing, debugging and tuning

performance of complex system software stacks. Experience with CPU server system

workloads and performance analysis. Familiarity with CUDA programming and/or

GPUs. Experience with HPC or large-scale computing environments. Your base

salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of

employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500

USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5. You will also be

eligible for equity and benefits. Applications for this job will be accepted at

least until June 30, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses

AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an

inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we

highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not

discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of

race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual

orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other

characteristic protected by law. NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing. Today,

our AI infrastructure powers global intelligence, transforming every industry.

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