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Senior System Software Engineer - Performance

NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
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Hybrid (Remote / Local)$184k - $287.5kfull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer focused on performance for the Tegra SoC software organization, with a charter to enable best-in-class datacenter-scale performance and efficiency for next-generation CPUs/CPU+GPU Superchips. Role involves design, development, testing, and optimization of ARM-based system software across pre-silicon and post-silicon phases, plus performance analysis and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and optimize software for next-generation SoCs in pre-silicon and post-silicon phases.
  • Review architectural performance bottlenecks for various system-wide workloads; identify HW/SW policies to drive performance and performance/watt leadership.
  • Use strong communication skills to build and drive architecture, analysis documents and communications to internal/external audiences about our technology.
  • Conduct competitive analysis comparing uArchitecture & workload performance metrics on NVIDIA's ARM SoCs against emerging processors from other silicon vendors.
  • Influence and drive full-stack adoption of performance optimizations and standard methodologies across NVIDIA SW products & OSS SDKs.

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 6+ years of relevant computer architecture or software development experience.
  • Proven leadership skills and strong ownership on past projects.
  • Hands-on technical experience in environments with complex software and hardware designs.
  • Strong understanding of multicore hardware, OS design, concurrency, virtual memory, caching, interrupts, device drivers and real-time programming.
  • Strong skills in performance analysis, data analysis, and performance optimization.

Skills

Required:ARM architecturePerformance analysis
Nice to have:System software debugging/tuning

Benefits

  • Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package.
  • Base salary ranges: 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4; 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.
  • Eligible for equity and benefits.
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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