NVIDIA
Senior System Software Engineer - Datacenter Power Management
$224K–$431K
US, CA, Santa Clara +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- US, CA, Santa Clara
US, TX, Austin
US, WA, Remote
US, CA, Remote - Experience
- At least 12+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent experience.
About the job
Architects and delivers datacenter power-management software, from early design and validation through production deployment, to optimize performance, energy efficiency, and reliability.
What you'll do
- Build and debug datacenter power- and performance-management software, including rack- and data-hall-level control.
- Develop real-time controllers and policies to optimize performance, power, thermals, and energy efficiency.
- Drive features across the product lifecycle and resolve issues spanning firmware, drivers, hardware, and platform software.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent experience.
- At least 12+ years of industry experience developing system software, embedded firmware, device drivers, or other hardware-related production software.
- Strong C programming skills, including developing, debugging, and maintaining complex low-level software.
- Deep understanding of operating systems, device-driver architecture, embedded or real-time software, concurrency, interrupt handling, and hardware programming.
Nice to have
- Experience with datacenter power provisioning, monitoring, or management at a CSP/NCP.
- Experience with GPU, CPU, accelerator, or SoC power and performance management, or real-time feedback controllers.
Pay
224,000 USD - 356,500 USD (base salary, Level 5); 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD (base salary, Level 6)
Tools
C
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