NVIDIA
Chip Engineering
SystemSoftwareEngineer,EngineeringWorkflowPlatform
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“System Software Engineer, Engineering Workflow Platform at NVIDIA. Skills: System Software Engineering, Workflow Platforms, Automation, Linux. Build workflow-platform features. Maintain workflow-platform features”
What You'll Achieve.
Observable, repeatable workflows; Clearer control-plane platform; Easier to inspect and debug behavior; Preserve existing workflows
Industry & Context.
Reason carefully about configuration layers; Reason about generated files; Reason about schemas; Reason about validation rules; Reason about compatibility; Reason about incremental migration
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years building automation, developer infrastructure, workflow platforms, distributed systems, test infrastructure, or engineering productivity tools, Linux fundamentals, Practical programming experience in Python, Perl, Go, C++, or similar, comfortable reading and modifying Make, YAML, JSON, and shell-based infrastructure, Ability to reason carefully about configuration layers, generated files, schemas, validation rules, compatibility, and incremental migration of legacy systems, debugging habits, clear written communication, experience improving production infrastructure without destabilizing active users
Nice to Have
Exposure to semiconductor design or EDA workflows, Background with workflow engines, build systems, CI/CD platforms, job schedulers, deployment automation, data pipelines, or large-scale engineering automation, Experience improving legacy Make, Perl, shell, Python, or Tcl systems while preserving existing behavior, Experience creating structured logs, JSON/YAML schemas, validation frameworks, provenance tracking, dashboards, or observability tools, Background with shared filesystems, partial writes, stale state, locking, reproducibility, generated artifacts, batch jobs, tests, migrations, documentation, or debug tooling
What You'll Do.
Build workflow-platform features
Maintain workflow-platform features
Model workflow stages
Create machine-readable check results
Strengthen early-failure checks
Trace configuration behavior
Preserve existing workflows
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work alongside senior platform and flow architects; Work with senior engineers and users
Communication Scope
Clear written communication
Full Job Description
NVIDIA is building the next generation of production workflow infrastructure for large-scale chip engineering. This platform turns intent, layered configuration, generated files, tool execution, distributed jobs, validation checks, and shared project state into observable, repeatable workflows. This role is for a systems-minded engineer who may not have prior chip-design or CAD-flow experience, but has strong fundamentals in Linux, automation, configuration systems, scripting, and production infrastructure. You will work alongside senior platform and flow architects to evolve existing Tcl, Make, Perl, Python, YAML, and job-launch infrastructure into a clearer control-plane platform for complex engineering workflows. **What You 'll Be Doing:** * Build and maintain workflow-platform features across YAML configuration, generated artifacts, Make targets, Perl/Python utilities, Tcl checks, and structured output files * Help model workflow stages, inputs, outputs, validation signals, generated files, dependencies, status, and ownership in configuration and manifests * Create machine-readable check results, run manifests, provenance records, log summaries, and status outputs that make behavior easier to inspect and debug * Strengthen early-failure checks for missing files, stale generated data, invalid configuration, bad environment setup, scheduler issues, and incomplete run state * Add and test integrations with distributed job execution, shared compute, filesystem state, data-fidelity tracking, and dependency tracing * Work with senior engineers and users to reproduce failures, trace configuration behavior, improve diagnostics, update documentation, and preserve existing workflows **What We Need To See:** * B.S. or M.S. in CS, EE, CE, or equivalent experience * 4+ years building automation, developer infrastructure, workflow platforms, distributed systems, test infrastructure, or engineering productivity tools * Strong Linux fundamentals, including shell debugging, envi
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