NVIDIA · 9 hours ago
Senior System Software Engineer - Video
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$184K/yr - $288K/yr
8+ years expNVIDIA has been redefining computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. The video software team is seeking someone highly motivated and passionate about system software development to contribute to their video system software stack and work on groundbreaking projects.
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Responsibilities
As part of our team you will be contributing to our video system software stack and get opportunities to work on groundbreaking projects that include ultra-low latency cloud gaming, video broadcasting, videoconferencing, and low power video playback
Learn about our graphics processing units (GPUs) and video hardware accelerators, and how to harness their full power to build world-class solutions
Contribute to the Windows device driver (WDDM) that forms the core of all video acceleration. Its highly optimized capture and encode pipeline powers GeForce NOW. All video playback from browsers and applications runs through our video driver. It is also responsible for protecting premium video content with a groundbreaking digital rights management (DRM) scheme
Collaborate with multiple teams across our company, as well as our partners and customers. Own features through the whole lifecycle from requirements and design all the way to production
Qualification
Required
Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
8+ years of meaningful software development experience. Outstanding engineers with less experience will be considered
Proficiency in C/C++ with strong software development, optimization, and debugging skills is a requirement
Dedicated, fast to take action, and proactive with excellent analytical skills
Ability to think creatively to debug and tackle complex, hard to reproduce problems
Any prior experience with Windows or Linux driver development is very helpful
Knowledge of operating system internals and device driver models (WDDM) is a strong plus
Preferred
Master's degree or higher preferred
Other ways to stand out include knowledge and work experience with Microsoft MFT, DirectShow, DirectX, and DXVA, video processing and modern video compression standards, such as H.264, HEVC, VP9, and AV1
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
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