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Principal System Software Engineer - CUDA Driver

NVIDIA

Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/22/2026

Compensation

$272,000 - $431,250 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.2% approval-37% YoY
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Job description

We are seeking senior engineers to enhance the CUDA driver, a vital component for accelerating general-purpose computation on GPUs. The team focuses on delivering features that maximize the potential of NVIDIA hardware across various computational workloads, including deep learning and virtual reality. As part of this role, you will leverage your design and coding skills to shape the future of CUDA while collaborating with peers across the organization. This position offers the opportunity to drive development efforts and define improvements to CUDA APIs and programming models.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 15+ years of relevant systems software development experience.
  • Strong C programming skills.
  • Experience designing, debugging, and maintaining complex software stacks.
  • Background with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory.
  • Experience with HW/SW co-design and performance modeling using emulation or simulation.

Responsibilities

  • Evangelize, architect, and implement new CUDA features.
  • Oversee and drive development efforts across multiple teams.
  • Collaborate with members of hardware architecture teams.
  • Help define forward-looking improvements to the CUDA APIs and programming model.
  • Design and maintain performance and precision modeling.
  • Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code.
  • Develop code for multiple operating systems.

Benefits

  • Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Nvidia Corporation

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

355

FY2026

Approval rate

99.2%

FY2026

LCA certified

7,667

FY2026

Entry-level share

11.9%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-37%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-83%

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Initial approvals by fiscal year

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LCA certified positions by quarter

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Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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