NVIDIA
Senior Embedded Software Engineer - AV Platform
$152K–$288K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 29, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience working on software design and development.
- Education
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or relevant field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Develop and integrate embedded software for NVIDIA autonomous-vehicle hardware platforms and sensors, bringing up systems and resolving reliability issues across software and hardware.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and bring up autonomous-vehicle hardware platforms and sensors, including cameras, radars, and lidars.
- Integrate and debug hardware and software with engineering and customer teams, and resolve in-vehicle system issues.
- Improve platform reliability for radar, lidar, and camera sensor processing and fusion.
What they ask for
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or relevant field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of relevant experience in software design and development.
- Excellent C/C++/Python programming skills and embedded Linux/RTOS experience, including bring-up and debugging of ARM-based SoC target hardware boards.
- Strong application-to-kernel debugging skills and ability to work across software and hardware domains.
Nice to have
- Device driver knowledge; experience with autonomous vehicles or robotic systems.
- Familiarity with POSIX, QNX RTOS, CAN bus, Radar, or Lidar.
Pay
152,000 USD - 241,500 USD base salary (Level 3); 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD base salary (Level 4)
Tools
C/C++/Python, Linux, RTOS, ARM-based SoC, Hypervisor, QNX RTOS, POSIX, CAN bus
AI focus
The role develops software for autonomous-vehicle platforms; the posting also states that NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
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