Software Release Engineer, Embedded Platform Team

Details

We are looking for an expert Release Software Engineer for the Embedded Platform team. This role will accelerate Jetson and DGX Spark product software system development by working with a worldwide development team to address the challenges of delivering AI at-the-edge platforms. The position requires deep knowledge of embedded platforms, operating systems, and software architectures, and hands-on experience with Linux-based embedded products through full product lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Define and expose capabilities of Jetson and DGX products and bring new AI at-the-edge platform generations to life.
• Collaborate within a worldwide matrixed software development team and across hardware and product design teams to develop release timelines for complex system-on-module embedded platforms.
• Analyze and optimize existing platform software architectures.
• Design, perform code review, and implement software across the full stack: UEFI, Linux kernel, device drivers, and specialized hardware acceleration units for deep learning and computer vision.
• Design, implement, and improve system services to ensure scalability, reliability, efficiency, and security.
• Contribute to hardware platform analysis through boot firmware to the operating system and niche software SDKs from hardware bring-up through the full product lifecycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s (or equivalent experience) or Master’s degree with 10+ years of experience in Linux and embedded systems development.
• Responsible for developing and sustaining commercially available embedded products through full product life cycles.
• Experience with PLC process and release process for complex software components.
• Extensive experience working with Open Source Software and vulnerability management across components.
• Excellent technical collaboration skills and ability to lead across globally distributed teams.
• Hands-on developer who actively writes high-quality software and mentors others; strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ways to stand out

• Contributions to open-source software projects; experience as a Linux contributor or maintainer.
• Deep understanding of security principles and ability to perform security assessments of products and architectures.
• Experience with embedded microprocessor architectures such as Arm Cortex-R or RISC-V.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD (determined based on location, experience, and comparable employees).
• Eligible for equity and company benefits (see NVIDIA benefits).

Additional

• Applications accepted at least until July 29, 2025.
• NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse work environment.