NVIDIA
Senior System Software Engineer - SoC Power
$184K–$356K
US, CA, Santa Clara +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- US, CA, Santa Clara
US, OR, Hillsboro - Experience
- 8+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Develop system software and firmware for SoC power management across automotive, embedded, and data center platforms, improving energy efficiency and performance.
What you'll do
- Build power-management policies and develop firmware for Tegra platforms.
- Debug software issues and identify and address energy-consumption and efficiency problems.
- Collaborate on power-management strategies and create test plans to validate software solutions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience developing system-level software and firmware for power optimization in Datacenter, Embedded, or ARM-based systems.
- Strong programming skills in C/C++ and scripting languages such as Python.
- Knowledge of computer architecture, operating systems, and hardware-software interactions.
Nice to have
- Expertise in performance/power measurement, tools development, and simulation/emulation platforms.
- Knowledge of system-level architecture, power-management techniques, or performance analysis and tuning.
Pay
184,000 USD - 287,500 USD base salary; 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD base salary
Tools
C/C++, Python, Tegra, ARM
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