Nvidia

Nvidia

Senior System Software Engineer - CUDA Chips

US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior

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About the role

  • CUDA helps define a unified programming model across a range of system configurations and hardware capabilities accomplished through CUDA driver interaction with GPU hardware, kernel mode drivers, and the operating system.
  • This role incorporates strong system software programming skills, a detailed understanding of operating systems and kernel programming, hardware architecture, as well as excellent communication and planning skills.
  • The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.

Responsibilities

  • You should be eager to learn about, and contribute to, the design of new compute and graphics drivers and new GPU architectures!
  • Developing code for multiple operating systems What we need to see:

Skills

  • What you'll be doing:

Compensation

  • The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.

Benefits

  • You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Company info

  • We are hiring senior engineers to work on the CUDA driver, a core component of our platform for accelerating general purpose computation on the GPU.
  • Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Equal opportunity

  • NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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