Senior System Software Engineer – Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer for its Autonomous Vehicles Platform team. This role involves designing and developing core technologies around sensor drivers and interfaces, ensuring high-performance software architecture and frameworks for autonomous vehicles. Ideal candidates will possess strong C/C++ programming skills and extensive experience in developing multithreaded applications. Join a dynamic and innovative team where your contributions will directly impact the future of autonomous driving.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Equity opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing and debugging multithreaded/distributed applications.
• Strong knowledge of parallel and distributed architectures.
• Experience with sensors like cameras, lidar, and GPS.

Responsibilities

• Create and optimize software architecture for real-world performance.
• Develop and maintain sensor drivers and processing functions.
• Perform in-vehicle tests and support data collection campaigns.

Skills

C Programming

C++ Programming

Multithreaded Development

Debugging Techniques

Embedded Systems

Real-time Operating Systems

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

BS/MS in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

GIT

CMake

CUDA

Job description

The Autonomous Vehicles Platform team is now looking for a Senior System Software Engineer. Our team builds the NVIDIA DriveWorks SDK with the goal to provide a scalable software stack and framework to build autonomous vehicles. We are seeking software engineers with interests on designing, developing and maintaining many aspects of the core technology around sensor drivers and interfaces, data streaming, data recording and playback, vehicle interface abstraction.

What you will be doing:

• Create and optimize software architecture and frameworks for real-world performance while matching or exceeding customer requirements.

• Working with vendors developing innovative sensors for vehicles.

• Developing sensor drivers, plugins and processing functions around sensor data.

• Create highly efficient sensor data recording, playback and visualization tools.

• Performing in-vehicle tests, collecting data and analyzing integrity.

• Work with our car teams and control teams to develop interfaces to the vehicles to enable self-driving.

• Support data collection campaigns for our autonomous vehicle program.

• Developing unit tests, documentation for features, evaluating quality and proposing corrective actions.

• Create highly efficient product code in C++, making use of high algorithmic parallelism offered by GPGPU programming (CUDA). Follow quality and safety standards such as defined by MISRA.

What we need to see:

• BS/MS or higher in computer engineering, computer science or related engineering (or equivalent experience).

• Excellent C and C++ programming skills.

• 5+ years of proven experience developing and debugging multithreaded/distributed applications like multimedia systems, game engines, etc.

• Strong knowledge of programming and debugging techniques, especially for parallel and distributed architectures.

• Background on Linux, Android, and/or other real-time operating systems.

• Experience with sensors such as cameras, lidar, radar, ultrasonics, IMU, GPS

• Experience with vehicle control interfaces.

• Thrive on writing low latency, highly performant code.

• Great communication and analytical skills.

• Self-motivated and a great teammate.

Ways to Stand Out From The Crowd:

• Understanding of embedded architectures.

• Experience with data-parallel and/or GPGPU programming, CUDA, OpenCL.

• Software development for modern OpenGL (Core Profile) and Linux.

• Experience with version control systems GIT and build system CMake.

With highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to outstanding growth, our special engineering teams are growing fast. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a genuine passion for technology, we want to hear from you!

The base salary range is 148,000 USD - 287,500 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) 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.