Director, GPU Audio

We are looking for an extraordinary leader to lead the GPU Audio System Software group. As the leader and manager within the GPU Multimedia Organization of NVIDIA, you will help strategize, plan, lead, direct, and manage the team for research, design and development of audio system software for pioneering NVIDIA products. Additionally, you will contribute to NVIDIA’s cloud strategy through the products that you develop and help the organization grow. At NVIDIA, managers are recognized as specialists in multiple technology domains, and they represent the senior technical leadership throughout the company.

What you’ll be doing:

You will be responsible for helping shape the future direction of the organization, fostering innovation, establishing strategic roadmaps, and driving priorities to meet objectives. You must have a consistent track record of growing and influencing others, working with all levels of senior leadership, and ensuring the stability and well-being of the members of your team. You will build close technical relationships with our partners during product development phase and coordinate with the product teams to develop the best solutions for partners working on our platforms. Major responsibilities include

• Lead a team to design and develop audio system software for multiple NVIDIA platforms

• Develop strategic roadmaps through innovation within the team and collaboration outside the team in a true “One Team” spirit to push the technology envelope in your domain

• Be at the forefront of latest developments in the industry, and provide recommendations to the senior leadership about product direction

• Genuinely care for employee well-being while prioritizing projects and deadlines, managing expectations and NVIDIA’s interests

• Attain a measurable impact of your team’s work across the company and achieve a wide sphere of influence

• Identify challenges early and act to unblock in anticipation of any blocking problems, escalating whenever necessary

• Present the organization’s work, impact and roadmap to senior management regularly through concise, crisp, measurable objective metrics and reports

• Promote NVIDIA products, particularly products developed within your organization

• Work with key customers in assigned areas to address technical challenges

What we need to see:

• BS, MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related technical fields

• 15+ overall years of proven experience as in software engineering

• 7+ years of management, leading engineering teams of 25+ high-performing engineers

• Expertise in any one (or more) of the following technologies: Audio system software such as device drivers and SDKs, Audio/Speech/Signal processing algorithms, Streaming media for real time communication, Deep learning algorithms for audio

• Resourceful problem solver with a talent for simplifying intricate issues into manageable actions

• Ability to see the “big picture” of the product and passion to deliver a complete solution, without NIH (“Not Invented Here”) syndrome

• Laser focus on efficiency of team, with ability to change the team’s priorities at a short notice

• Impeccable command over written and verbal communication in English language, and ability to bridge the any communication gaps while working with worldwide teams

• An inclination towards perfecting communication, inclusion, visibility, and transparency

• Strong C/C++ and Python programming skills.

• Excellent system and computer architecture knowledge, with clarity in concepts of memory architecture, system bottlenecks, synchronization etc.

• Solid technical foundation in CPU and GPU architectures, modular software design.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience with one or more of NVIDIA’s platforms, CUDA programming and/or NVIDIA deep learning frameworks such as TensorRT

• Familiarity with audio interfaces such as I2C, I2S, Soundwire, and standards such as HDMI, DP.

• Solid understanding of DSP, speech processing, ASR/TTS

• Familiarity with latest DNN architectures used for audio/speech processing

• Hands-on experience in Windows display/audio subsystem and/or Linux audio sub-system

• Experience of architecting and productizing silicon with track record of timely deliverables

NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for great people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence. NVIDIA is widely considered 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 a creative, curious, and driven technical leader, we want to hear from you!

NVIDIA has been redefining computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for 30 years. It’s an outstanding legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and outstanding people! Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent.