Senior System Software Engineer — Embedded RTOS & Edge AI

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 356,500; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA in California seeks a Senior System Software Engineer to build Halos, a full-stack safety platform for autonomous vehicles and intelligent machines. You will work on high-performance edge AI platforms, ensuring safety, security, and real-time operation across QNX, Linux, and hypervisors.

Role involves BSP and driver development, platform bring-up, and using formal methods for high-integrity software. Strong skills in C and Ada/SPARK are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in System Software architecture and development for real time embedded systems.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture, operating system fundamentals, and Networking.
• Proficient programming and debugging abilities in Python/C and/or Ada/SPARK.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools for coding, debugging, testing, documentation, or workflow automation.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, develop, and debug system software for NVIDIA Halos OS across QNX, Linux, and hypervisor-based environments.
• Design and develop BSP, boot, driver, device-management, networking, diagnostics and platform software for NVIDIA SoCs and edge AI platforms.
• Develop safe and secure software in accordance with ISO 26262 and ISO 21434 standards.
• Bring up and optimize next-generation NVIDIA platforms, collaborating with ASIC, firmware, OS, safety, security, and platform teams.

Skills

RTOS

ARM architecture

C

Ada/SPARK

QNX

Linux

Virtualization

Formal methods

Networking

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

GenAI tools

Debugging tools

Job description

NVIDIA in California seeks a Senior System Software Engineer to build Halos, a full-stack safety platform for autonomous vehicles and intelligent machines. You will work on high-performance edge AI platforms, ensuring safety, security, and real-time operation across QNX, Linux, and hypervisors.

Role involves BSP and driver development, platform bring-up, and using formal methods for high-integrity software. Strong skills in C and Ada/SPARK are essential.