Senior Systems Software Engineer - Nvlink

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

This role focuses on developing software tools and infrastructure for GPU systems, specifically for high-performance interconnects using NVLink. Responsibilities include platform bringup, feature enablement, debugging, and collaborating with hardware/firmware teams. A key aspect is developing AI-based automation tools for firmware development, regressions, and verification.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive platform bringup, feature enablement and debug on GPU systems. Triage and resolve software and firmware issues uncovered in systems qualification runs.
  2. Collaborate with architecture, hardware and firmware and software teams on firmware design with a focus on debug and test (DFx) and end-to-end performance. Delight customers by incorporating findings from the customer engagements into future products.
  3. Log bugs and track issues to closure across impacted product lines.
  4. Work on developing AI based automation tools and infrastructure to improve our firmware development, regressions and verification process

Skills

Required

  • BS or MS (or equivalent experience) degree in EE/CS or related field
  • 5+ years of minimum experience in a software verification role
  • Excellent debugging and analytical skills
  • Experience with Python/Perl/C/C++
  • Familiarity with computer system architecture, microprocessors, and microcontroller fundamentals (caches, buses, DMA, etc).
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with on-site and remote teams

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with high-performance systems and networking protocols and architectures
  • Software Development/ Verification knowledge
  • Experience with AI and DL tools and technologies
  • Experience with RTOS/RISCV programming/debugging
  • Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
  • Schedule oriented with excellent execution abilities

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of minimum experience in a software verification role