Full-Time

Senior Systems Software Engineer, Base OS – NPI at NVIDIA

Company NVIDIA
Location US, CA, Remote
Salary Competitive salary
Posted Posted 0 days ago

Job Description

We're looking to grow our company, and build our teams with the most resourceful people in the world. Join us at the forefront of technological advancement.

What you'll do

  • NVIDIA BaseOS is the Linux distribution of the NVIDIA GPU based platforms deployed in AI, Data-Analytics, Autonomous vehicle industries. Your role as a Base OS Engineer is to develop the Ubuntu and RHEL based OS image flavors across platforms.
  • Your role as a Base OS Engineer will also include sustaining the existing NVIDIA DGX and HGX systems.
  • Work closely with System/Software development teams to build the common infrastructure for automation and use the latest industry standard tools!
  • Work closely with Hardware and Firmware development teams to bring up new NVIDIA platforms, from power on to OS boot.

What you need

  • BS or Masters in computer science, or related field or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience.
  • Excellent C and Python programming skills. Your expertise in coding is essential to your success in this role.
  • Familiarity with at least one major Linux distro (Ubuntu, RedHat, SLES) is required.
  • Experience creating your own Debian or RPM package and repository is highly desirable.
  • Knowledge of OS concepts such as filesystems, job scheduling, device drivers, and storage, is required.
  • Experience with complex system-level debugging is invaluable, from X/Wayland to systemd to analyzing crash dumps to install issues.
  • Excellent communication and planning skills.

Why this matters

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 on the planet working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!

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