Senior System Software Engineer — Real-Time Embedded AI Halos

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 Corporation in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to architect, design, and implement system software for the Halos OS across QNX, Linux, and hypervisor environments. You will develop BSPs, drivers, and platform software for SoCs and edge AI platforms with a focus on safety and security.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in real-time embedded system software, strong C and Ada/SPARK skills, and hands-on experience with formal methods and verification.

Qualifications

• Bachelors/Masters or equivalent experience in Computer Science.
• 8+ years of experience in System Software architecture and development for real-time embedded systems.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture and operating system fundamentals.
• Experience in designing and developing solutions for complex system problems.
• Strong C and/or Ada/SPARK programming and debugging skills.
• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, debugging, testing, documentation, or workflow automation.
• Hands-on experience with debugging tools, performance analysis, and system analyzer tools.
• A dedicated, team and results-oriented, self-motivated contributor with excellent analytical and interpersonal skills.

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, diagnostics, and platform software for NVIDIA SoCs and edge AI platforms.
• Design & develop I/O Virtualization solutions for mixed-criticality systems.
• Develop safe and secure software compliant with ISO 26262 and ISO 21434 standards.
• Bring up and optimize next-generation NVIDIA platforms, working closely with ASIC, firmware, OS, safety, security, and platform teams.
• Use Formal Methods to architect and develop high integrity software.
• Use GenAI and AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate debugging, test development, code review, documentation, requirements analysis, and workflow automation.
• Design debugging, tracing, logging, and performance-analysis solutions that improve developer experience.

Skills

C programming

Ada/SPARK

RTOS experience

ARM architecture

Formal methods

AI-assisted development tools

Debugging tools

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelors/Masters or equivalent in Computer Science

Tools

QNX

Linux

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to architect, design, and implement system software for the Halos OS across QNX, Linux, and hypervisor environments. You will develop BSPs, drivers, and platform software for SoCs and edge AI platforms with a focus on safety and security.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in real-time embedded system software, strong C and Ada/SPARK skills, and hands-on experience with formal methods and verification.