NVIDIA · 1 day ago
Senior System Software Engineer - Performance
Durham, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$184K/yr - $288K/yr
6+ years expNVIDIA is a leader in computer graphics and accelerated computing, now focusing on AI to revolutionize computing. They are seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to design and optimize software for their next-generation system-on-chip (SoC) products, ensuring high performance and efficiency in datacenter environments.
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Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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 skills in performance analysis, data analysis and performance optimization
Preferred
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
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
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