NVIDIA
Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform
$184K–$288K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of experience working on software development for autonomous vehicles.
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Develop and productize platform software and integration workflows for NVIDIA’s autonomous vehicle DRIVE SW platform, coordinating cross-functional teams and customer needs through production release.
What you'll do
- Lead embedded software integration and develop platform software, tools, and filesystem customizations across multiple operating systems.
- Coordinate cross-team dependencies, schedules, customer workflows, and debugging to meet production release timelines.
- Build automated development, testing, validation, packaging, and software-release workflows.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 8+ years of experience working on software development for autonomous vehicles.
- Proficient debugging from application to kernel level on embedded hardware.
- Expertise in embedded systems, architecture design, and software/hardware cross-domain knowledge.
Nice to have
- Experience with Linux and QNX filesystems, QNX RTOS, automotive ECU software integration, or the automotive field.
- Familiarity with Bazel; exposure to Python, cloud services, Jenkins, or Docker.
Pay
184,000 USD - 287,500 USD base salary
Tools
DRIVE SW, Hypervisor, Linux, QNX RTOS, Bazel, Python, Jenkins, Docker
AI focus
Develop platform workflows in multiple OS environments with AI-powered workflows; applying AI to embedded projects to improve developer efficiency is a preferred qualification.
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