Senior Systems Software Engineer, CUDA Driver
NVIDIA · Posted Oct 11
Graphics processing units, artificial intelligence platforms, accelerated computing, and data center solutions
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About the role
NVIDIA's CUDA driver team builds the CUDA driver for Tegra, NVIDIA's platform for accelerating general purpose computation on the GPU, spanning workloads from deep learning and scientific computation to self-driving cars, video games, and virtual reality. The CUDA driver interacts with GPU hardware, kernel mode drivers, user mode drivers, and the operating system to define a unified programming model across hardware configurations. This role will architect and implement new features, coordinate development across teams, help shape the CUDA APIs and programming model, and develop code targeting Tegra devices.
What you will do
- You will architect and implement new features
- Coordinate development efforts across multiple teams
- Help define forward-looking improvement to the CUDA APIs and programming model
- Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code
- Focus on developing code that targets the Tegra devices
- Integrate AI practices into the development workflows across the compute organisation
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience or equivalent academic experience after BS
- Strong C and C++ programming skills
- Experience working with large codebases
- Experience with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory
- Experience writing and debugging multithreaded programs
- Understanding of system level architecture, such as interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped IO
- Strong interest in system software
- Good written communication
Preferred qualifications
- Prior experience with parallel computing - preferably writing CUDA Programs or Libraries that use CUDA
- User mode driver development experience
- Experience with Linux Systems Software development as well as experience maintaining and extending programming models or higher-level language support for similar environments
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a multinational technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs) for the gaming and professional markets, as well as system on a chip units (SoCs) for the mobile computing and automotive market. Pioneering accelerated computing, the company has become a driving engine of modern artificial intelligence, deep learning, and data center infrastructure.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 42000+ employees
- Founded
- April 5, 1993
- Location
- Santa Clara, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $5M raised
Leadership
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Founder and NVIDIA Fellow
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations
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