Manager, Linux GPU System Software Engineering - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$224,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 20 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Lead a team designing, developing, optimizing, and validating Linux GPU device drivers.
What you'll do
- Lead a team that designs, develops, optimizes, and validates features and bug fixes for Linux GPU device drivers. - Interact with internal and external partners to understand use cases and technical requirements. - Collaborate with engineering teams, program management, product management, and partners to define product roadmaps. - Review and identify improvement opportunities in established processes, infrastructure, and engineering practices.
What you'll need
- BS or MS degree or equivalent experience in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. - 8+ overall years of industry experience and 3+ years of software engineering management experience leading large complex system software projects. - Experience with Linux kernel and user mode device driver system software. - C/C++ programming and debugging skills in Linux. - Strong understanding of computer system architecture, operating systems principles, HW-SW interactions, and performance analysis/optimizations. - Experience with complex system-level software debugging across functionality, performance, security, and scalability issues.
Skills: Linux kernel, device driver, GPU, C/C++, management
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 61-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
697
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$210k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (697 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 136 | 697 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 1004 | 6296 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 42 d | 61 d (−19 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $210k |
Skills observed across this category: Linux kernel, device driver, GPU, C/C++, management
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 172 open roles · median 82 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 133 open roles · median 42 d
- AMD · 61 open roles · median 50 d
- Mobileye · 25 open roles · median 76 d
- Broadcom · 23 open roles · median 56 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 118 d
How we counted: 697 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.