Senior System Software Engineer, CUDA Driver for Windows

NVIDIA • Austin, CA

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About The Position

NVIDIA is seeking software engineers to work on the CUDA driver for Windows. CUDA is NVIDIA’s platform for accelerating general purpose computation on the GPU. The team delivers features and improvements to better realize the potential of NVIDIA hardware for a growing range of computational workloads, ranging from deep learning, scientific computation, and self-driving cars to video games and virtual reality. CUDA defines a unified programming model across a range of system configurations and hardware capabilities. To accomplish this, the CUDA driver interacts with GPU hardware, kernel mode drivers, user mode drivers, and the operating system.

Requirements

• 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
• Knowledge of memory coherence and consistency models
• Good written communication

Nice To Haves

• Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) experience
• Experience with game development
• Background in computer graphics (OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX)
• Experience writing Windows device drivers
• Experience with kernel mode development

Responsibilities

• 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 Microsoft Windows operating system

Benefits

• equity
• benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior