Drimva

NVIDIA

Senior Software Engineer - Embedded Platform

$184K–$288K

US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026

Experience
8+ years.
Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer engineering or equivalent experience.

About the job

Develop and ship embedded platform software for NVIDIA robotics, drone, and industrial automation products, from hardware bring-up through production deployment.

What you'll do

  • Implement platform features and enable and validate I/O and sensor interfaces.
  • Build and tune real-time Linux kernels for deterministic workloads using GPU and SoC accelerators.
  • Work with partners and internal teams across the product lifecycle to turn customer use cases into platform features, reference configurations, and tools.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer engineering or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of shown experience in Linux and sophisticated embedded systems development with strong programming skills.
  • Hands-on experience shipping BSPs for robotics, drones or industrial automation platforms.
  • Proven real-time Linux kernel development experience; ability to work with kernel internals, device drivers, device tree, boot flow, and tracing tools.

Nice to have

  • Any RTOS experience such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr, etc.
  • Understanding of ROS2 behavior and platform determinism; tools or frameworks for configuring and verifying real-time behavior; familiarity with ARM or relevant developer kits.

Pay

184,000 USD - 287,500 USD (base salary)

Tools

Linux, Linux Kernel, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ROS2, ARM, Jetson, IGX

AI focus

Develop platform software for AI-at-the-edge products, including deterministic workloads using GPU and SoC accelerators and modeling GPU, sensor, and other accelerator workloads.

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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)