Senior System Software Engineer - QNX BSP and IOs Virtualization

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 152,000-287,500 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

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Details

We are looking for a Senior System Software Engineer to join the Automotive Team to develop secure, high-performance system software for autonomous vehicles. The role focuses on system software development for real-time embedded systems on NVIDIA DRIVE and Tegra SoCs, with extensive use of formal methods to increase software quality.

Responsibilities

Architect, design and develop safety (ISO 26262) and security (ISO 21434) compliant system software for the NVIDIA DRIVE platform for autonomous vehicles
Architect, design and develop real-time system software features for NVIDIA Tegra SoC
Design and develop I/O virtualization solutions for NVIDIA Tegra SoC
Development and bring-up activities for next-generation Tegra SoC
Collaborate with ASIC teams to enhance software performance and virtualization support in the SoC
Extensively use formal methods to architect and develop high-integrity software
Design debugging solutions and tooling to improve developer experience on the DRIVE platform
Develop workflows and tools to measure and harness consistent system software performance

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science or related field
5+ years of experience in system software architecture and development for real-time embedded systems
Strong understanding of computer architecture and operating system fundamentals
Experience designing and developing solutions for complex system problems
Strong C and/or Ada/SPARK programming and debugging skills
Hands-on experience with performance analysis and system analyzer tools
Hands-on experience with debugging tools
Team-oriented, self-motivated contributor with excellent analytical and interpersonal skills

Ways to stand out

In-depth knowledge of embedded systems and real-time operating systems, such as QNX and RT Linux
Good understanding of ARM architecture and low-level software development for ARM v8-based SoCs
Prior hands-on experience in Ada/SPARK programming (including specification and formal verification) and TLA+ formal verification modeling
Experience performing architectural safety analysis (FMEA/DFA) and security analysis (threat modeling)
Background in software development in compliance with ISO 26262 following SDLC practices