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# Senior System Software Engineer - Embedded Controller

- **Company:** NVIDIA Corporation
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $124,800.0 - $135,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Artificial Intelligence, Computer Engineering, Programming Tools, Device Drivers, Embedded Software, Firmware, PCI Express, Real-Time Operating Systems, System Software, Scripting, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59848855-senior-system-software-engineer-embedded-controller

## About the Role

* 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

Ways to stand out in a crowd:

 * Experience using AI development tools to write, review, and test software more efficiently
 * Background with embedded software for power, thermal, or performance and experience designing real-time control software
 * Experience with operating system internals, kernel modules, or computer architecture
 * Experience with firmware security or safety
 * Background with Rust

We have some of the most forward-thinking and dedicated people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you.

## Description

We are looking for a senior engineer to improve GPU system software and the way that software is built. You will work on firmware, a real-time operating system, driver interfaces, and the build, test, and execution infrastructure that supports them. When a new approach improves on the current one, you will carry it from design through implementation, bring-up, and support after release, so other engineers can build on it.

What you'll be doing:

 * 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.


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