Senior Software Engineer, Chips System Software

Job Title

Senior Software Engineer, Chips System Software

Role Summary

Join the Chips System Software organization to design and develop chip-specific kernel drivers and embedded software. The role focuses on Linux kernel development, core OS enablement, platform bring-up, and automation across pre-silicon and silicon platforms.

You will collaborate with hardware, silicon, pre-silicon, and software teams to enable new chip platforms from early modeling through production deployment.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 8+ years of relevant software development experience.

Responsibilities

Primary duties include design, implementation, and platform enablement for next-generation chips.

• Design, develop, and verify features for next-generation chip architectures and kernel drivers.
• Participate in architecture reviews and produce design specifications that influence hardware and system-software design.
• Lead platform bring-up across simulation, emulation, FPGA, and silicon with hardware and pre-silicon teams.
• Enable Linux and core OS software across modeling and physical platforms.
• Debug and resolve complex hardware/software integration issues across multiple stack layers.
• Drive projects end-to-end with technical ownership from design through deployment.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience.

• 8+ years of relevant software development experience working on complex hardware/software systems.
• Strong expertise in C programming and Linux kernel development.
• Experience developing and debugging Linux device drivers.
• Proven system-level debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
• Familiarity with computer architecture fundamentals: caches, buses, memory controllers, DMA, interrupts, and low-level hardware interactions.
• Demonstrated ability to own and deliver projects independently.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience enabling Linux on pre-silicon and silicon platforms, Buildroot, or Linux distributions.
• Contributions to Linux kernel or other open-source projects.
• Technical leadership experience in architecture, design, mentoring, or cross-functional execution.

Education Requirements

BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

About the Company

Company: NVIDIA

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA

NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.