Drimva

NVIDIA

Senior System Software Engineer - GPU SW

$184K–$288K

US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026

Experience
8+ years in systems software, embedded development, or security engineering.
Education
BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent experience.

About the job

Leads the design and delivery of secure, reliable, high-performance systems software for GPU drivers, embedded software, and next-generation GPU platforms.

What you'll do

  • Architect, implement, and verify security and systems features across GPU drivers, embedded software, and GPU architectures.
  • Lead secure-design practices and conduct security reviews, vulnerability assessments, and mitigation planning.
  • Debug complex system issues and define long-term security roadmaps with cross-functional teams.

What they ask for

  • BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years in systems software, embedded development, or security engineering.
  • Experience securing low-level software and strong C programming, driver development, and system-level debugging skills.
  • Experience with Linux, Windows, Android, ChromeOS, or comparable kernels; demonstrated technical leadership and communication skills.

Nice to have

  • Offensive and defensive security experience, including threat modeling, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and exploit mitigations.
  • Familiarity with Confidential Computing, virtualization and isolation, GPU-driver architecture, embedded firmware, RTOS, RISC-V, or resource-constrained systems.

Pay

184,000 USD - 287,500 USD (base salary)

Tools

C, Linux, Windows, Android, ChromeOS, RTOS, RISC-V, IOMMUs

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