NVIDIA
Manager, Systems Software
$184K–$356K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ overall years of system software experience and 3+ years managing a team.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Leads a team developing GPU stress applications for system-level product validation, with responsibility for engineering execution, product quality, and production efficiency.
What you'll do
- Prioritize and manage concurrent projects; recruit and develop engineers and future technical leaders.
- Partner cross-functionally to develop GPU stress methodologies, investigate critical issues, and improve product quality and manufacturing efficiency.
- Develop long-term team strategies and advance agent-driven software development workflows for hardware bringups.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of system software experience, including 3+ years managing a team.
- Good programming skills in C/C++; understanding of software development principles and large code bases and deep driver stacks.
- Solid understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, kernel drivers, and device programming; experience driving feature development, cross-functional alignment, and debugging.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of memory, graphics, compute, high-speed interfaces, power management, GPU and system-level performance.
- Prior project management experience or experience transitioning software workflows to agent-driven workflows.
Pay
184,000 USD - 287,500 USD (base salary, Level 2); 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD (base salary, Level 3)
Tools
C/C++
AI focus
Agentifying software development lifecycle for hardware bringups; NVIDIA also uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
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