Principal Software Engineer

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA +2

NVIDIA is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, drive, and operationalize firmware and software architecture for next-generation Edge AI products. This role involves collaborating with various teams, championing reliability and debuggability, and making key technical decisions throughout the product lifecycle.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and implement platform workflows, including firmware and software extensibility for product designs, debug and production security.
  2. Collaborate with SW/FW architects, HW Designers, ISV and IHV partners to define platform requirements to create scalable and reusable designs for NVIDIA platforms.
  3. Champion reliability, debuggability and optimization in firmware, diagnostic and deployment tool design.
  4. Engage in pre-silicon platform design all the way through product production.
  5. Mentor architects and engineering teams to grow them into future leaders.

Skills

Required

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree or equivalent experience
  • 15+ years in the area of System architecture and design
  • Deep experience in designing architecture for scalable and performant edge systems, particularly at the SW/HW interface
  • Previous experience working with complex system software for accelerators such as GPUs, DPUs, or FPGAs
  • Proven experience in implementing left shift strategy to de-risk program execution
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

What the JD emphasized

  • firmware and software architecture
  • next-generation Edge products
  • deep systems expertise
  • decisive technical leadership
  • passion for building reliable, debuggable, and scalable solutions
  • System architecture and design
  • scalable and performant edge systems
  • SW/HW interface
  • complex system software for accelerators such as GPUs, DPUs, or FPGAs
  • implementing left shift strategy to de-risk program execution