Senior Embedded Software Engineer - AV Platform

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 241,500; Full time

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Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Gruppe is seeking experienced Senior Software Engineers and Architects to develop revolutionary automotive platforms for autonomous vehicles. Responsibilities include software design and integrating new hardware systems such as cameras, radars, and lidars.

The ideal candidate will have over five years of relevant experience, strong C/C++/Python skills, and the ability to work across software and hardware domains. Competitive salary, equity, and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software design and development.
• Experience with embedded systems including ARM-based SoC.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop autonomous vehicle hardware and sensors.
• Collaborate with teams to resolve system issues.
• Engage with customer teams to customize DRIVE platforms.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Python programming

Software design and development

Debugging skills

Embedded systems

Communication skills

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or relevant field

Tools

Linux RTOS

QNX RTOS

Debugging tools

Job description

The Autonomous Vehicles Platform Team is looking for Senior Software Engineers and Architects to develop and bring NVIDIA's automotive platform to the world.

Responsibilities

• Software design, development and bring‑up of next generation autonomous vehicle hardware platforms and sensors such as cameras, radars, lidars, etc.
• Collaborate with software, hardware and systems engineering teams to support bring‑up of new hardware, debug and resolve in‑vehicle system issues, ensuring that NVIDIA HW and SW solutions are correctly integrated and working on autonomous development vehicles.
• Regularly engage with customer teams directly to customize, integrate and productize DRIVE platforms.
• Drive the reliability of the software platform which includes RADAR, LiDAR, Camera sensor processing and fusion.
• Analyze complex technical issues across software and hardware domains and independently drive issue analysis and resolution across multiple teams.
• Work in an environment which involves Hypervisor, Linux, QNX RTOS.

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or relevant field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of relevant experience working on software design and development.
• Excellent communication and organization skills, with a logical approach to problem solving, good time‑management and task‑prioritization.
• Excellent C/C++/Python programming skills.
• Experience with embedded systems involving Linux/RTOS with exposure to bring‑up and debugging of ARM‑based SoC target hardware boards.
• Strong debugging skills from application to kernel level and comfortable working across SW/HW domains.
• Device driver knowledge is a major plus.
• Master of software debugging tools: software debuggers, analyzers, trace loggers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with Autonomous Vehicles or Robotic systems.
• Familiarity with POSIX, QNX RTOS and associated development and debugging tools.
• Prior experience working with CAN bus, Radar, Lidar is a plus.

Base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD – 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.