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Senior System Software Engineer, SOC

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NVIDIA is searching for a highly motivated, creative engineer with experience in system software to join the GPU System Software team. As someone who is hardworking and passionate about their work, you will design key aspects of our production GPU kernel drivers, embedded SW and SOC platforms. You should demonstrate the ability to excel in an environment with complex software and hardware designs. What you'll be doing: Define, design, develop and verify features for our new SoCs platforms, collaborating with hardware engineers and fellow software engineers. Follow the new SOC platforms all the way through the development process to the customer products that are used throughout the world. Be heavily involved with the early firmware, performance, power management, and all of system software required to produce our world-class products. Have multiple opportunities to collaborate and communicate effectively with teams across the globe. What we need to see: BS, MS or PhD degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree, or equivalent experience. 5+ years of significant software development experience. Strong C programming, C++, low-level driver and SOC system platform experience. Familiarity with computer system architecture, microprocessor, and microcontroller fundamentals. Kernel experience with Linux, Android, Chrome, or Windows systems. Experience with complex SOC system debugging is invaluable. Ways to stand out from the crowd: Background and strength with complex SOC, AI & GPU computing system architecture design is invaluable. Deep understanding of SOC firmware, power management, and performance. Platform SW, System SW and Device SW stack understanding on SOC. Experience or outstanding delivery with SOC system SW, e.g.: performance tuning and power management. ​NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for great people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence. With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the most desirable employers in the world. We have some of the most brilliant and talented people in the world working for us. If you are creative, autonomous and love a challenge, we want to hear from you. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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