Senior Systems Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles Platform

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking experienced embedded engineers to develop and productize the DRIVE SW platform for autonomous vehicles. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across vehicle subsystems to integrate work into the DRIVE SW stack while meeting safety and automotive standards.

The role emphasizes deep C/C++ coding, RTOS and AUTOSAR expertise, and close interaction with customers to tailor solutions that span software, hardware, and integration teams.

Qualifications

• BS, MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in related field.
• Experience with Classic Autosar Software Stack and development tools.
• Strong C/C++ skills and scripting proficiency.
• Experience with debugging tools and tracing.
• Understanding of SoC principles, OS, memory, multithreading, and real-time scheduling.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded real-time software for Advanced Driver Assistance System.
• Optimize solution to meet product, safety and system requirements.
• Adhere to safety goals and produce supporting work-products.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, and integration teams on system architecture.
• Engage with customer teams to customize, integrate, and productize.
• Analyze sophisticated technical issues and drive resolution across teams.
• Work in RTOS, AUTOSAR, QNX/Linux real-time embedded environments.

Skills

C/C++ programming

RTOS/real-time scheduling

Autosar Classic Stack

Debugging tools

Scripting languages

Communication

8+ years experience

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Autosar Stack Tools

Job description

Our Autonomous Vehicles Platform team is searching for engineers to develop and bring NVIDIA's automotive platform out to the world. You will participate in a focused effort to develop and productize ground-breaking solutions that will revolutionize the world of transportation and the growing field of self-driving cars. You will work with hardworking and dedicated multi-functional engineering development teams across various vehicle subsystems to integrate their work into our autonomous driving DRIVE SW platform, while achieving or exceeding all meaningful NVIDIA and automotive standards & guidelines. You'll find the work is exciting, fun, and very meaningful. We have deadlines, customers, and competition.

What you'll be doing:

• Develop embedded real time system software responsible providing safety services for Advance Driver Assistance System
• Optimize solution to meet all product, safety and system level requirements and satisfy key performance indicators
• Adhere to development rigor that insures achieving the overall product safety goals and develop supporting work-products that align with functional safety process
• Collaborate with software, hardware, and integration teams to derive and drive system level architecture and requirements
• Regularly engage with customer teams directly to customize, integrate, and productize
• Analyze sophisticated technical issues and independently drive resolution across multiple teams
• Work in an environment which involves RTOS, Classic AUTOSAR, QNX/Linux OS, Real time embedded environment

What we need to see:

• BS, MS in CS/CE/EE, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years in a related field
• Must have detailed experience with Classic Autosar Software Stack and associated development tools
• Excellent C and C++ coding skills along with proficiency in Scripting languages
• Master of software debugging tools: software debuggers, analyzers, trace loggers
• Deep understanding of SoC principles, general systems architectures, operating systems, device drivers, memory management, multithreading, and real-time scheduling
• Excellent communication and organization skills, with a logical approach to problem solving, good time management and task prioritization

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Prior experience in Automotive field and usage of AUTOSAR Stack
• Background with Real time embedded environments, RTOS and tools
• Prior experience working with CAN and tools, RADAR, LiDAR is a plus
• Experience with onsite and offsite customer support

#AutonomousVehicles

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 2, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.