Senior System Software Engineer, Modeling and Validation

NVIDIA is looking for a System Software Engineer to help build the modeling, validation, and bringup infrastructure that enables next-generation SoC and GPU platforms from early pre-silicon development through post-silicon debug. This role combines low-level platform software development with system-level validation and execution workflows across C-model, emulation, and silicon environments.We are looking for engineers with strong software fundamentals, hands-on debugging skills, and a passion for solving complex platform problems in close coordination with architecture, firmware, modeling, validation, and infrastructure teams. You will help build reusable technical solutions that improve platform quality, debug efficiency, and execution across multiple chip programs.What you'll be doingDevelop and debug modeling, validation, and bringup infrastructure for SoC and GPU platforms across pre-silicon and silicon environmentsImplement and maintain low-level platform software and execution flow for system integration, debug, and validationBuild and enhance C-model, emulation, and silicon workflows for system execution, issue reproduction, and failure analysisSupply to system-level validation of cross-IP interoperability, memory and data flows, and overall platform behaviorImprove regression quality, debug efficiency, and release readiness through practical infrastructure and tooling improvementsSupport trace replay, platform execution, and root-cause debug across software-based and hardware-assisted environmentsInvestigate complex system-level failures and turn one-off fixes into reusable platform improvementsWork closely with system develop, firmware, validation, modeling, emulation, and infrastructure teams to deliver robust technical solutionsWhat we need to seeBS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience3+ years of relevant experience in system software, platform software, validation infrastructure, silicon bringup, modeling, or related areasStrong programming skills in C/C++ and PythonSolid understanding of Linux system software, low-level debug, memory-mapped I/O, and hardware-software interactionHands-on experience building, debugging, or integrating low-level software, validation flows, or test infrastructure in C-model, emulation, or silicon bringup environmentsExperience debugging system-level issues in areas such as platform initialization, memory management, address translation, interrupts, device interaction, or cross-IP integrationFamiliarity with validation at the system level, reusable test infrastructure, regression flows, or debug toolingStrong problem-solving skills, learning agility, and the ability to make steady progress on ambiguous technical issuesGood collaboration skills across cross-functional teams such as architecture, firmware, design, validation, emulation, modeling, or infrastructureWays to stand out from the crowdExperience with System C, simulation environments, model integration, trace replay, or related software-based bringup workflowsExperience with system-level validation of interoperability, data formats, memory flows, or shared platform behaviorFamiliarity with pre-silicon and post-silicon debug continuity, including reproducible debug and reusable validation methodologyExperience improving regression infrastructure, coverage tracking, release quality, or internal platform tooling used by broader engineering teamsFamiliarity with memory system architecture or low-level hardware access frameworks