Systems Software Manager, Display Driver - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$224,000 - $431,250 USD yearly
Originally posted 24 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is for a software engineering manager for the Windows display driver team, responsible for displaying images on various screens from gaming monitors to medical displays.
What you'll do
- Lead a team of 5-10 system software engineers to drive new feature development and general support for GPU device drivers.
- Balance priorities among end-user, partner, OS, and chip bring-up requirements.
- Develop ambitious but realistic engineering plans aligned with those priorities.
- Contribute to our evolving process in the design, development, and implementation of high-quality, robust kernel mode device drivers.
- Coach engineers to increase their technical and leadership skill and help them identify and achieve career goals.
- Collaborate with teams across software, hardware, QA, marketing, and release planning to solve problems, release quality products, and influence GPU and SOC direction.
What you'll need
- BSEE/CS or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of experience in developing system software or equivalent.
- 2+ years managing software developers.
- Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
- Consistent record of leading software projects with interrelated dependencies in a dynamic development environment.
- Low-level operating system knowledge, familiarity with development on prototype hardware, experience in memory/resource management in real-time systems.
Skills: Windows display driver, kernel mode device drivers, GPU device drivers, low-level operating system, chip bring-up
This role has been open 51 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
689
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$217k
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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 (689 roles · 72 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 135 | 689 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 993 | 6127 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 47 d | 61 d (−14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $217k |
Skills observed across this category: Windows display driver, kernel mode device drivers, GPU device drivers, low-level operating system, chip bring-up
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 166 open roles · median 78 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 137 open roles · median 47 d
- AMD · 64 open roles · median 50 d
- Mobileye · 28 open roles · median 74 d
- Broadcom · 21 open roles · median 51 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 112 d
How we counted: 689 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 72 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.