Manager, System Software

We are searching for an extraordinary System SW Manager for an exciting and fun role in our Deep Learning Accelerator (DLA/NPU) team. Our team is responsible for the end-to-end DLA system sw stack including user mode drivers, kernel mode drivers, and the firmware, as well as the DLA compiler toolchain stack. DLA supports a growing range of deep-learning use-cases, ranging from self-driving cars, smart embedded systems, video game frameworks, and content creation.

You will lead a team that is responsible for developing and maintaining system software drivers for next generation NVIDIA deep-learning hardware. A strong candidate will have good leadership, communication, organizational, and problem solving skills. Experience developing low level software drivers for programming rich HW acceleration engines is required. Familiarity with deep learning is desired.

What you'll be doing:

• Provide administrative and technical direction for 5-8 system software development engineers.

• Ensure the team executes and produces high quality work for customer and internal commitments.

• Drive and facilitate planning, scheduling, and execution of projects and activities of your team.

• Establish relationships and trust through excellent execution and high quality of software development.

What we need to see:

• You should have a Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

• 7+ overall years of experience developing and leading complex low-level or system software projects

• 3+ years of managing a team

• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communications skills with a capability to achieve objectives under tight deadlines

• Experience managing multiple projects with competing priorities

• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining complex system software stacks

• Need to demonstrate strong C programming skills with experience working with large codebases

• Background with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory

• Experience writing and debugging multithreaded programs

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Prior Technical Management experience

• Understanding of system level architecture, such as interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped IO

• Experience with kernel mode development

• Experience with Linux, Windows, or macOS driver development

• Familiarity with Deep Learning and C++

NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for phenomenal people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!