Software Release Engineer, Embedded Platform Team

Details

We are looking for an expert Release Software Engineer for the Embedded Platform team to accelerate Jetson and DGX Spark product software system development. You will work with a worldwide development team addressing the challenges of delivering AI at-the-edge platforms. The role focuses on Linux-based embedded products across full product lifecycles and requires hands-on development across platform firmware, kernel, OS, and platform SDKs.

Responsibilities

• Define and expose capabilities of Jetson and DGX products and bring new AI at-the-edge platform generations to life.
• Collaborate with hardware and product design teams to develop release timelines for complex system-on-module embedded platforms.
• Analyze and optimize existing platform software architectures.
• Design, conduct code review, and implement software across the full stack: UEFI, boot firmware, Linux kernel, device drivers, operating system, 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 broadly to hardware platform analysis and hardware bring-up through the full product lifecycle.
• Work within a worldwide matrixed software development team and coordinate across globally distributed teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) or Master’s degree and 10+ years of experience in Linux and embedded systems development.
• Demonstrated responsibility for developing and sustaining commercially available embedded products through a full product life cycle.
• Experience with PLC process and release process for complex software components / release engineering for embedded platforms.
• Extensive experience working with open source software and vulnerability management across components.
• Deep understanding of embedded platform software for system-on-module designs, including boot firmware, UEFI, Linux kernel, device drivers, and platform SDKs.
• Excellent technical collaboration skills and ability to lead across globally distributed teams; hands-on developer who mentors others.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on performance and quality.

Ways to stand out

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

Compensation & Benefits

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

Additional information

• Applications accepted at least until July 29, 2025.
• NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and non-discrimination.