NVIDIA
Senior Software Engineer - AV Platform
$224K–$356K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years of professional experience working on system software.
- Education
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Develop platform and middleware software for autonomous vehicles, including scalable systems for data collection and vehicle fleets.
What you'll do
- Drive AI-based automotive systems from design through production within power and performance constraints.
- Triage and debug system stability, performance, and power issues; collaborate with hardware teams on future platforms.
- Design systems to meet ISO 26262 functional safety and security requirements.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years of professional experience working on system software.
- Excellent programming skills in C++ and C.
- Experience with QNX, Linux, or real-time operating systems; user-space system software; and embedded systems programming.
Nice to have
- Prior experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, GPU, or embedded systems.
- Deep system-architecture knowledge or hands-on embedded, operating-system, and real-time software development experience.
Pay
224,000 USD - 356,500 USD base salary
Tools
C++, C, QNX, Linux, ISO 26262, CPU, GPU, Ethernet
AI focus
Drive AI-based automotive systems from design through production.
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