Senior Software Engineer, Virtualization – Linux Kernel

🕒 5 days ago

🏄 California, Colorado – Remote

🏄 California – Remote ⛰️ Colorado – Remote

💵 $224k - $431.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

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NVIDIA

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1993

🏥 Healthcare

🏭 Manufacturing

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare • Manufacturing • Artificial Intelligence

NVIDIA is a leading technology company specializing in accelerated computing and artificial intelligence. NVIDIA pioneers advancements in graphical processing units (GPUs), cloud computing, data centers, and virtual reality, with a focus on gaming, automotive, healthcare, and robotics industries. The company's innovations, such as NVIDIA Omniverse, transform traditional digital processes by enabling high-fidelity simulations and rendering tasks. Their applications span various industries, from autonomous vehicles using NVIDIA DRIVE to healthcare solutions with NVIDIA Clara, and AI-driven analytics and workflows.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, test, document and maintain upstream Linux kernel support for NVIDIA GPU virtualization, including vGPU enablement in Nova • Work across the Linux virtualization stack, including KVM, QEMU and VFIO, on device assignment, PCIe SR-IOV, memory management and virtual-device lifecycle • Drive technical proposals and patch series through upstream design discussions, review and acceptance • Work with subsystem maintainers, address feedback and review contributions from others • Debug and resolve functional, performance and reliability issues across host drivers, hypervisors and GPU firmware interfaces • Collaborate with internal software, hardware, architecture and the open-source community to define features, validate integration and maintain support as the kernel evolves • Develop Linux kernel and virtualization technologies that bring GPU computing to cloud and enterprise environments

🎯 Requirements

• BS degree or higher in computer science, computer engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience • 12+ years of experience in Linux kernel development or virtualization • Record of relevant contributions accepted into the upstream Linux kernel • Experience preparing patch series, addressing review feedback and working with subsystem maintainers • Proficiency in Rust and C • Strong understanding of Rust ownership, lifetimes, memory safety and interoperability with C • In-depth knowledge of Linux kernel internals, including the device-driver model, memory management, synchronization and concurrency • Strong understanding of virtualization, including host and guest interactions, memory translation, device assignment, interrupts and resource isolation • Experience using GDB, KGDB, ftrace or perf • Clear technical writing and communication skills • Knowledge of GPU architecture, GPU drivers or GPU virtualization is a plus • Experience with DRM, Nouveau, Nova or similar graphics and compute driver stacks is a plus • Contributions to Rust-for-Linux are a plus • Hands-on development experience with KVM, QEMU, VFIO, IOMMU or PCIe SR-IOV • Experience as an open-source maintainer or reviewer, or leading patch series spanning multiple kernel subsystems • Familiarity with device emulation, low-level firmware interfaces or virtual-device migration

🏖️ Benefits

• Highly competitive salaries • Comprehensive benefits package • Equity • Benefits for you and your family