NVIDIA
Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform
$184K–$288K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 29, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years.
- Education
- BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Develop and optimize core NVIDIA DriveWorks software for autonomous vehicles, including sensor interfaces, data processing, recording and playback, and vehicle-control interfaces.
What you'll do
- Design and optimize software architectures; develop high-efficiency C++ product code using CUDA and MISRA standards.
- Build sensor drivers, plug-ins, data-processing components, and tools for recording, playback, and visualization.
- Collaborate with vendors and vehicle teams; conduct in-vehicle testing and support data collection and integrity analysis.
What they ask for
- BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Excellent C and C++ programming skills.
- 8+ years of experience developing and debugging multithreaded/distributed applications.
- Experience with sensors and vehicle control interfaces; background in Linux, Android, and/or other real-time operating systems.
Nice to have
- Understanding of embedded architectures.
- Experience with data-parallel/GPGPU programming, CUDA, and OpenCL; modern OpenGL (Core Profile), Linux, GIT, or CMake.
Pay
184,000 USD - 287,500 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, CUDA, Linux, Android, OpenCL, OpenGL (Core Profile), CMake
AI focus
The role develops autonomous-vehicle software; the posting also states NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
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