NVIDIA
Senior System Software Engineer - GPU Power Management
$224K–$431K
US, CA, Santa Clara +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Location
- US, CA, Santa Clara
US, TX, Austin
US, CA, Remote
US, WA, Redmond - Experience
- At least 12+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent experience.
About the job
Architects and develops GPU power- and performance-management software, including P-state management and DVFS, for next-generation data-center GPUs.
What you'll do
- Build and debug software, controllers, and policies that optimize GPU performance, power, thermals, and energy efficiency.
- Drive features from requirements and architecture through validation, silicon bring-up, productization, and production support.
- Investigate cross-layer power, performance, stability, and reliability issues; collaborate on hardware-software interfaces and validation.
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 in system software, embedded firmware, device drivers, or other hardware-related production software.
- Strong C programming skills developing, debugging, and maintaining complex low-level software.
- Deep understanding of operating-system fundamentals, device-driver architecture, embedded or real-time software, concurrency, interrupt handling, and hardware programming.
Nice to have
- Hands-on power and performance management experience with a GPU, CPU, accelerator, or SoC.
- Experience with P-state selection, DVFS, clock or voltage control, power capping, thermal management, throttling, 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, GPU, DVFS, P-states
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