Senior ADAS Platform Architect (C/C++, Real-Time)

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity and benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Software Systems Engineer for the ADAS Platform team to help build a scalable, modular software stack capable of supporting a broad range of product lines and OEMs. The role focuses on architecture, modularization, and clean interface definitions across NVIDIA core components and OEM-specific implementations.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years of software development, strong C/C++ skills, and hands-on experience with real-time, multi-core systems.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Solid background in C and C++ programming.
• Strong understanding of modular software architecture, clean code design, and separation of concerns.
• Hands-on experience building and debugging multithreaded, real-time, or performance-critical systems.
• Familiarity with parallel/distributed systems and low-level system profiling.
• Comfortable working in Linux, QNX, or other embedded RTOS environments.
• Exceptional communication skills and a collaborative, hard-working attitude.

Responsibilities

• Driving architectural improvements that simplify and modularize the software stack.
• Designing clean boundaries between NVIDIA core components and OEM-specific implementations.
• Refactoring ADAS components to support reuse, extensibility, and long-term maintainability.
• Improving system-level scalability through IPC, middleware, and platform abstraction layers.
• Partnering with teams across software, systems, and hardware to define clear interfaces and improve integration velocity.
• Establishing test coverage, design reviews, and architectural documentation that scales with the platform.
• Profiling and tuning system performance — optimizing for modern multi-core and real-time environments.

Skills

C/C++

Multithreaded RTOS

Modular architecture

Linux/QNX

System profiling

Interface design

Documentation

Team collaboration

Education

BS or MS in Computer Engineering/CS or equivalent experience

Tools

Git

Bazel

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Software Systems Engineer for the ADAS Platform team to help build a scalable, modular software stack capable of supporting a broad range of product lines and OEMs. The role focuses on architecture, modularization, and clean interface definitions across NVIDIA core components and OEM-specific implementations.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years of software development, strong C/C++ skills, and hands-on experience with real-time, multi-core systems.