NVIDIA is seeking a System Software Engineer to join its GPU Performance and Power Management Software team. This role focuses on designing, developing, and debugging software for performance states and power management controllers for data-center GPUs. The engineer will work at the intersection of hardware architecture, embedded firmware, and operating systems, contributing to the entire product lifecycle. This position offers an opportunity to build expertise in GPU power and performance software while enhancing energy efficiency and reliability.

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of relevant industry experience, or strong coursework, internship, co-op, or project experience in system software.
• Strong programming skills in C, with the ability to develop, debug, and maintain low-level kernel software.
• Good understanding of operating-system fundamentals, computer architecture, device-driver architecture, and embedded or real-time software.
• Ability to independently debug and analyze across multiple layers of software and hardware.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Design, build, implement, and debug GPU power- and performance-management software, with emphasis on P-state management and DVFS.
• Develop control policies and software mechanisms that optimize GPU performance, power, thermals, and energy efficiency under demanding data-center workloads.
• Support features through the full product lifecycle: requirements, architecture, implementation, pre-silicon validation, silicon bring-up, productization, and production support.
• Collaborate with GPU architects and hardware designers to define and implement hardware-software interfaces for next-generation processors.
• Analyze interactions among workloads, clocks, voltages, power limits, thermals, telemetry, and system-level policies.
• Investigate, triage, and resolve power, performance, stability, and reliability issues spanning firmware, drivers, hardware, and platform software.
• Help execute validation strategies and automation for functional correctness, transition latency, performance-per-watt, and robustness across operating conditions.
• Write clear technical documentation and interface definitions for features.
• Partner with distributed teams across architecture, ASIC, firmware, driver, validation, platform, and data-center systems.

• 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.