Cybersecurity Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicle Platform

NVIDIA AI; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a hands-on Cybersecurity Software Engineer for the Autonomous Vehicles Platform team. You will implement security features across the AV software stack, from sensor interfaces to middleware, enabling safe and scalable data collection for autonomous fleets.

The role requires a BS/MS in CS or EE, 8+ years in system software, expert C/C++ and Python, and familiarity with Linux, QNX, ROS. You will collaborate across hardware, platform, safety, and cloud teams to advance security in

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of professional experience working on system software.
• Excellent programming skills in C++, C and Python.
• Familiarity with source control tools.
• Solid understanding of Linux, QNX, ROS, and/or real‑time operating systems.
• Experience in developing user‑space system software, with willingness to delve into kernel‑space and/or low‑level hardware when needed.
• Knowledge about embedded system programming, threading, mutex, synchronization, communication, and parallel computing to build highly‑scalable and efficient applications.
• Familiarity with hardware architecture for CPU/GPU and memory alongside performance.
• Prior experience working in Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Self‑Driving‑Cars, GPU technology, Embedded Systems, Computer Vision.
• Outstanding communication skills and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Integrating security features into our AV driving software stack.
• Develop and improve security work-products for our AV stack.
• Working on security‑related software code ranging from sensor abstraction layers to data processing to middleware software.
• Work on security governance topics and guide other teams with security mechanism implementation.
• Collaborate with hardware, platform software, product, safety, performance, algorithms and cloud teams.

Skills

C++

Python

C

Linux

QNX

ROS

Kernel-space

Embedded systems

Concurrency

Hardware architecture

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Git

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a hands-on Cybersecurity Software Engineer for the Autonomous Vehicles Platform team. You will implement security features across the AV software stack, from sensor interfaces to middleware, enabling safe and scalable data collection for autonomous fleets.

The role requires a BS/MS in CS or EE, 8+ years in system software, expert C/C++ and Python, and familiarity with Linux, QNX, ROS. You will collaborate across hardware, platform, safety, and cloud teams to advance security in