NVIDIA · 1 week ago
Senior Software Engineer, Aerial - Performance
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$184K/yr - $288K/yr
5+ years expNVIDIA is a leader in high-performance computing and is seeking a self-motivated senior performance engineer for their Aerial RAN team. This role focuses on optimizing performance and scalability for cloud-native Radio Access Network functions in 5G and 6G networks, leveraging NVIDIA's advanced compute platforms.
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Responsibilities
Optimizing CPU, GPU and NIC sub-systems for predictable low-latency and maximum efficiency
Crafting and implementing performance verification tools, frameworks and dashboards
Monitoring and prioritizing performance regressions reported by CI/CD
Collaborating with multi-functional teams to solve performance bottlenecks in CPU, GPU and NIC sub-systems
Benchmarking performance use-cases on different platforms
Qualification
Required
BS/MS (or equivalent experience) in a relevant field and 10+ years' experience or PhD with 5+ years' experience or equivalent
Strong software design, development, debugging and testing skills
Hands-on experience with performance analysis, characterization and optimization
Experience with programming latency sensitive, real-time, multi-threaded applications on CPUs and one or more of GPUs or DSPs or Vector processors
Deep knowledge of CPU, DSP or GPU architecture, as well as memory, I/O and networking interfaces
Familiarity with data science and using visualization tools to summarize large quantities of data
Experience in one or more programming / scripting languages: C/C++, Python, shell scripting
Preferred
Experience in designing and managing firmware timelines for wireless SoCs used in cellular wireless networks and/or terminals!
Track record in E2E design/testing of signal processing algorithms at the PHY layer or resource allocation optimization at MAC level
CUDA experience highly desired
Appetite to learn the details of how next generations of GPU will operate and build an outstanding Software-Radio 5G/6G stack that can fully demonstrate their power
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