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NVIDIA

Senior Graphics Driver Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States

NVIDIA US, CA, Santa Clara, United States 27 days ago
Embedded & Systems Software

$152,000 - $241,500 USD yearly

Originally posted 16 September 2026 by the employer.

About the role

This role involves developing and optimizing graphics software and analyzing real-world application workloads to improve performance on NVIDIA GPUs.

What you'll do

  • Develop, debug, and validate graphics software and optimizations for professional application performance on NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Analyze professional workstation applications to identify performance and user experience improvement opportunities.
  • Design experiments and develop analysis techniques to isolate complex application-performance bottlenecks.
  • Profile application and graphics API workloads using traces, performance counters, and other analysis techniques.
  • Create tools, scripts, and automated workflows, including AI-assisted techniques, for performance analysis, regression detection, and validation.
  • Develop representative workstation benchmarks that capture real-world application behavior.

What you'll need

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent experience.
  • Strong C/C++ programming skills.
  • 5+ years experience with software performance analysis, profiling, optimization, or debugging.
  • Understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, and how applications interact with graphics APIs and GPU hardware.
  • Familiarity with source-control systems such as Perforce or Git.
  • Experience with software development methodologies such as design reviews and code reviews.
  • Ability to develop and debug software in a Windows OS environment.

Skills: graphics software, GPU computing, C/C++, performance analysis, graphics APIs

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US, CA, Santa Clara, United States
On-site
$152,000 - $241,500 USD yearly
27 days ago

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