Senior Automotive Systems Performance Engineer

Nvidia Corporation in; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 224,000 - 431,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer for Automotive Performance to optimize system software on NVIDIA automotive platforms with Safe RTOS. The role involves close collaboration with Hardware Architecture, DriveOS, Power, and Test teams to achieve key boot and runtime benchmarks.

The ideal candidate has a master's in CS or engineering, 12+ years in systems performance, strong C/C++ skills, Linux and QNX experience, and knowledge of hypervisors and profiling tools.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 12 years of proven experience in systems or software performance.
• Solid C/C++ programming abilities with automotive sector experience.
• Proficiency in Linux and QNX; Android knowledge advantageous but not mandatory.
• Strong understanding of benchmarking, boot time optimization, compiler optimizations, and runtime performance improvements.
• Knowledge of hypervisors, virtualization, and overhead analysis.
• Experience using profiling utilities to improve system software efficiency.
• AI/ML experience is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in optimizing system software for Nvidia automotive performance platforms with Safe RTOS.
• Collaborate with Hardware Architecture, DriveOS, Power, and Test teams to track boot and runtime performance benchmarks.
• Ensure software and hardware meet targets by supervising micro benchmarks and industry benchmarks across IPs.
• Contribute to developing features in automotive profiling tools with AI assistance.
• Benchmark the hypervisor and minimize overhead on ARM systems.
• Collaborate with the ADAS/AV team to optimize the next-gen stack on Tegra platforms.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Benchmarking

Performance optimization

Profiling tools

AI/ML experience

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Linux

QNX

Android (advantageous)

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer for Automotive Performance to optimize system software on NVIDIA automotive platforms with Safe RTOS. The role involves close collaboration with Hardware Architecture, DriveOS, Power, and Test teams to achieve key boot and runtime benchmarks.

The ideal candidate has a master's in CS or engineering, 12+ years in systems performance, strong C/C++ skills, Linux and QNX experience, and knowledge of hypervisors and profiling tools.