NVIDIA
Senior Security Software Engineer - AV Platform
$152K–$288K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional system-software experience.
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Integrates and develops security features for NVIDIA’s autonomous vehicle software platform, spanning embedded software, middleware, sensors, and cloud-connected systems.
What you'll do
- Integrate security features into the autonomous driving software stack and improve security work-products.
- Develop security software across sensor abstraction, data processing, and middleware; guide teams on security mechanisms and governance.
- Collaborate with hardware, platform software, product, safety, performance, algorithms, and cloud teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of professional experience working on system software.
- Excellent programming skills in C++, C, and Python.
- Experience with security analysis and requirements management, automotive cybersecurity standards or relevant regulations, and Linux, QNX, ROS, and/or real-time operating systems.
Nice to have
- Deep understanding of system architecture and performance optimization across CPU, GPU, memory, and storage.
- Experience building autonomous vehicle or robotic systems; hands-on embedded, operating-system, and real-time software development.
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, QNX, ROS, STRIDE, HEAVENS
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