Senior System Software Engineer - Embedded Controller
NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
Santa Clara, CA$152k - $241.5kFull-timePosted 4w ago
About the role
Senior engineer to improve GPU system software, firmware, real-time OS, drivers, and build/test/integration infrastructure; lead design through implementation, bring-up, and post-release support.
Responsibilities
- Improve the product and the process used to build, test, and run it.
- Design and implement firmware and real-time operating system changes, and the driver interface that connects them with the rest of the system.
- Use current development tools, including tools that generate and check code, and make those tools part of how the team develops and validates software.
- Work with hardware and software partners in other locations to resolve issues and deliver the result.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in system software, embedded software, or a related field
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of meaningful experience.
- Experience writing software in C, and scripting to build, test, or run that software
- Background with embedded software, a real-time operating system, and device drivers, and with low-level interfaces such as interrupts, GPIO, DMA, PCIe, or I2C
- Experience delivering software you were accountable for, from design through release and support
Skills
Required:C programmingScripting for build/test/runEmbedded software
Benefits
- Equity and benefits.
- Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits package.
Last updated Sep 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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