System Software Engineer - Performance Verification Infrastructure

Job Title

System Software Engineer - Performance Verification Infrastructure

Role Summary

Join the GPU Performance Infrastructure team to build and maintain end-to-end performance verification infrastructure for NVIDIA GPU architectures. The role covers early-stage modeling, simulation/emulation, and post-silicon validation to provide performance insights and accelerate verification workflows.

Experience Level

Mid-level — typically requires 3+ years of relevant software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include building scalable data pipelines, automating verification workflows, and collaborating with architects and hardware teams.

• Develop and maintain end-to-end performance verification infrastructure and tooling.
• Build scalable data pipelines to collect and surface performance metrics from simulation, emulation, and silicon.
• Integrate and automate simulation/emulation workflows to accelerate GPU build iteration.
• Collaborate with GPU architects to define infrastructure requirements for upcoming architectures.
• Analyze performance data and generate actionable insights for architects and hardware teams.
• Improve verification workflows to increase throughput and reduce iteration time.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; nice-to-have items listed below.

• Must-have: 3+ years software engineering experience with C++ and Python.
• Must-have: Strong CS fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, OOP, and system design.
• Must-have: Effective interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Nice-to-have: Verilog basics.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with chip- or system-level simulation and emulation.
• Nice-to-have: Exposure to GPU/CPU/SoC performance verification or profiling on simulation, emulation, or silicon.
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with AI development tools.

Education Requirements

BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, 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.