Senior System Software Engineer - Video
About The Position
NVIDIA's video software team is seeking a motivated engineer to contribute to its video system software stack. The role offers opportunities to work on ultra-low-latency cloud gaming, video broadcasting, videoconferencing, and low-power video playback. The engineer will learn how NVIDIA GPUs and video hardware accelerators can be used to build high-performance solutions, and contribute to the Windows device driver (WDDM) that underpins video acceleration. The driver supports optimized capture and encoding for GeForce NOW, video playback from browsers and applications, and protection of premium video content through a digital rights management scheme. The role collaborates with teams across NVIDIA as well as partners and customers. The engineer owns features throughout their lifecycle, from requirements and design through production.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- 8 or more years of meaningful software development experience; outstanding engineers with less experience will be considered.
- Proficiency in C/C++.
- Strong software development, optimization, and debugging skills.
- Excellent analytical skills, a proactive approach, and the ability to creatively debug complex and hard-to-reproduce problems.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree or higher.
- Experience with Windows or Linux driver development.
- Knowledge of operating system internals and device driver models, including WDDM.
- Knowledge or work experience with Microsoft MFT, DirectShow, DirectX, and DXVA.
- Knowledge of video processing and modern video compression standards such as H.264, HEVC, VP9, and AV1.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to NVIDIA's video system software stack.
- Develop solutions for projects involving ultra-low-latency cloud gaming, video broadcasting, videoconferencing, and low-power video playback.
- Work with GPUs and video hardware accelerators to build high-performance solutions.
- Contribute to the Windows device driver (WDDM) and its video acceleration, capture, encoding, playback, and content-protection capabilities.
- Collaborate with internal teams, partners, and customers.
- Own features from requirements and design through production.
Benefits
- Equity
- Benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
