NVIDIA
Senior Hypervisor and RTOS Engineer
$184K–$356K
US, CA, Santa Clara +5 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- US, CA, Santa Clara
US, TX, Austin
US, OR, Hillsboro
US, Remote
US, CA, Remote
US, WA, Redmond - Experience
- 8+ years of experience.
- Education
- BS, MS in CS/CE/EE or a related engineering field or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs, develops, brings up, and optimizes RTOS and hypervisor software for NVIDIA DRIVE systems, with a focus on real-time, safety, security, and automotive quality.
What you'll do
- Design and develop RTOS and hypervisor features, and bring up and optimize the stacks on new NVIDIA Tegra SoCs.
- Develop high-integrity software and debug system-level issues across hardware, firmware, RTOS, and virtualization layers.
- Lead team-wide technical initiatives, coordinating execution and driving them to completion.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in CS/CE/EE or a related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
- Strong systems programming experience in C/C++ and embedded software development.
- Deep understanding of RTOS concepts, operating-system internals, and hardware-assisted virtualization.
- Strong technical leadership, collaboration, and communication skills, including experience driving cross-team initiatives.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of automotive quality standards, ASPICE, ISO 26262, or ISO 21434.
- Track record of influencing technical direction and driving complex, team-wide initiatives through completion.
Pay
184,000 USD - 287,500 USD (base salary, Level 4); 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD (base salary, Level 5)
Tools
C/C++, RTOS, hypervisor, NVIDIA Tegra SoCs
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