Senior System Software Engineer – Linux-Tegra Power Management and Performance Optimization
$184,000 - $287,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 21 September 2026 by the employer.
Join a team working with Tegra SoC and NVIDIA embedded platforms.
About the role
This role involves developing and optimizing system software for Linux-based Tegra platforms, focusing on power management and performance. You will be working with ground breaking technologies for the Tegra SoC and various NVIDIA embedded platforms.
What you'll do
- Implement power and thermal management software features in Linux Kernel and user space.
- Collaborate with power architects, hardware, and software engineers on platform power estimation and optimization.
- Optimize the software stack to improve performance, efficiency, and responsiveness for edge AI and robotics use cases.
- Improve compute and memory utilization, reduce latency, and lower power consumption.
- Tune system-level performance to deliver reliable and scalable AI workloads.
What you'll need
- MS in CS, CE, EE, Systems Engineering or related software/hardware engineering major, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of software development experience with a significant focus on Linux.
- Excellent C programming/debugging skills within Linux kernel and user space software.
- Background with working on embedded systems and ARM processor specific.
- System-level debugging experience.
Skills: Linux Kernel, power management, Tegra SoC, embedded systems, performance optimization
This role has been open 19 days — well below the 60-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
680
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Median days open
60 d
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Median salary
$215k
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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 (680 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 129 | 680 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 949 | 6028 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 52 d | 60 d (−8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $215k |
Skills observed across this category: Linux Kernel, power management, Tegra SoC, embedded systems, performance optimization
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 165 open roles · median 75 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 129 open roles · median 52 d
- AMD · 59 open roles · median 51 d
- Mobileye · 29 open roles · median 74 d
- Broadcom · 22 open roles · median 46 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 108 d
How we counted: 680 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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.