# Software Engineer - Power and Thermal Management

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $184,000 - $287,500 per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

NVIDIA is seeking a software engineer to work on power and thermal management for the Tegra SoC and various NVIDIA embedded platforms. You will work with groundbreaking technologies to implement power and thermal management software features in Linux Kernel and user space. You will collaborate with power architects, hardware and software engineers on platform power estimation and optimization. Your goal will be to optimize the software stack to improve performance, efficiency, and responsiveness for edge AI and robotics use cases.

Responsibilities:

- Work with ground breaking technologies for the Tegra SoC and various NVIDIA embedded platforms

- 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

Requirements:

- 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 and problem-solving skills

- Excellent communication skills

Nice to Have:

- Understanding of the Linux power and thermal management features

- Experience in working with the Linux and open-source software communities

We offer competitive salaries ranging from $184,000 to $287,500 per year, depending on location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- Linux
- C programming
- embedded systems
- ARM processor
- power management
- thermal management

### Nice to have
- Linux power and thermal management features
- open-source software communities

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