Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform

Details

The Automotive Vehicles Platform team is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to develop and launch NVIDIA's autonomous vehicle platform globally. You will be part of a dedicated effort to create and market innovative solutions that will transform transportation and the growing field of self-driving cars. Collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams across various vehicle subsystems, you will integrate their work into the DRIVE SW platform, meeting or exceeding NVIDIA and automotive standards and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead software integration with a systematic approach to streamline embedded development within NVIDIA and across NVIDIA Drive autonomous vehicle solution partners.
• Contribute to platform software development, tools, filesystem customization, and software integration in various OS environments.
• Work closely with system architects, software/firmware engineers, HW/SW QA teams, and application engineering teams to manage cross-team dependencies, align schedules, coordinate progress, and debug to meet production release timelines.
• Regularly engage with customer teams to productize workflows for platform integration.
• Enhance integration efficiency to facilitate low-latency development on Tegra-based Autonomous Vehicle Simulation & Car platforms.
• Contribute to best practices for building, testing, and releasing software.
• Analyze complex technical issues and independently drive resolution across multiple teams to enable the best user experience.
• Work in an environment involving Hypervisor, Linux, and QNX RTOS.

Requirements

• BS/MS or higher in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related engineering fields (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong software development skills in Python.
• Proficient debugging skills from application to kernel level on embedded hardware.
• Experience in software architecture design.
• Proven experience in embedded systems with SW/HW cross-domain knowledge.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams.
• Ability and flexibility to work and communicate effectively in a multinational, multi-time-zone corporate environment.
• Self-motivated, organized, and proactive engineer.

Ways to stand out

• Exposure to cloud services, Jenkins, and Docker with experience in continuous integration and continuous deployment systems.
• Familiarity with Bazel build systems.
• Background with Linux and QNX filesystems, and QNX RTOS.
• Previous experience in automotive ECU software integration.
• Prior experience in the automotive field.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary ranges: Level 4: 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD; Level 5: 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD.
• Eligible for equity and company benefits.

Other

• Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 7, 2025.
• NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce.