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NVIDIA has an opening for Senior System Software Engineer - GPU and SOC in Pune, Bengaluru. It is a full-time role in Hardware & Semiconductors, asking for at least 5 years of experience, first listed on 31 October. The description mentions C++ and Linux. NVIDIA has 164 other openings in India, 54 of them in Pune. Across all employers on Jobs Hindustan there are 23 Hardware & VLSI openings in Pune today; the typical one asks for 10 years.
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About hiring at NVIDIA
NVIDIA has 165 openings in India on Jobs Hindustan today across 5 cities. Most are in software & IT (86), hardware & VLSI (55) and data & AI (19). The biggest locations are Bengaluru (129), Pune (55) and Hyderabad (28). 8% of them can be done from home, and 3% are open to freshers or interns. We collect NVIDIA's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Workday), never from job boards, agencies or consultants.
The employer's advert
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NVIDIA is searching for a highly motivated, creative engineer to join the GPU Software team. As a GPU/SOC system software engineer, you will work with a team of very dedicated software and hardware engineers involving a wide variety of technologies. As someone who is hardworking and passionate about their work, you will craft and debug key aspects of our production GPU and SOC kernel drivers and embedded SW, focusing on platform performance, power savings, and robustness. You should demonstrate the ability to excel in an environment with intricate system level interactions.
What your role entails:
- Design, implement and debug changes in the NVIDIA SW stack to take next-gen HW from design / development stage to production, with focus on kernel-mode SW
- You will follow the devices all the way through the development process to datacenter systems, customer desktops, notebooks, workstations, and gaming console products that are used throughout the world
- Be heavily involved in emulation, bringup, and product hardening required to build our groundbreaking products
- Multiple opportunities to collaborate and communicate effectively with teams from all around the globe
What we need to see:
- BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of relevant software development experience
- Background in solving problems that apply to sophisticated systems deployed at scale
- Strong C/C++ programming skills as well as having shown initiative in pursuing independent coding projects
- Familiarity with computer system architecture, microprocessor, and microcontroller fundamentals (caches, buses, memory controllers, DMA, etc.)
- Strong Operating systems fundamentals with Kernel experience on Linux or Windows systems
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Background and strength with system-level (SW and HW) debugging is invaluable
- Windows Driver Models, with WDDM or MCDM a strong plus.
- Familiarity with system level security concepts
- Experience with system software concepts
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