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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