Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented Senior System Software Engineer to join our dynamic Automotive Team and help us develop innovative, secure, and high-performance automotive systems. If you have a good understanding of System Software development, bring-up of new platforms, experience in QNX software development, low level programming/debugging skills, we want to hear from you! Join us in creating the future of automotive technology and be part of a team that is revolutionizing the industry.


We are a leading artificial intelligence computing company and are paving the way with innovations in gaming, visualization, supercomputing, and self-driving cars. NVIDIA gives automakers, tier-1 suppliers, automotive research institutions, and start-ups the power and flexibility to develop and deploy breakthrough artificial intelligence systems for self-driving vehicles. Our unified computing architecture makes it possible to train deep neural networks in the data center on the NVIDIA DGX(TM), and then seamlessly run them on NVIDIA's DRIVE platform inside the vehicle. Leading vehicle manufacturers, tier 1 suppliers, mapping and simulation companies, software and sensor providers, and startups around the world are developing on the NVIDIA DRIVE platform to deliver the best solutions for the new world of mobility. As a Senior System Software Engineer in the Automotive team, you will get an opportunity to work on NVIDIA's latest SOCs, help tackle complex and important problems, and work alongside industry experts in diverse teams and projects.

What you'll be doing:

• Design and develop safety (ISO26262) and security (ISO21434) compliant system software for NVIDIA DRIVE platform for autonomous vehicles
• Perform development & bring-up activities for next-generation Tegra SOC hardware
• Design debugging solutions and tooling to improve developer experience on DRIVE platform
• Architect and implement solutions to complex issues & defects involving interactions between components partitioned across the large software stack
• Use Formal Methods to design and develop high integrity software

What we need to see:

• BS/MS in electrical engineering, computer science, or computer engineering and more than 8 years of experience with device driver design and development on embedded systems
• Proven understanding of computer architecture, operating system fundamentals
• Strong Python/C/C++ and/or Ada/SPARK programming and debugging skills
• Experience configuring a complex virtualized system for the intended use case
• A strong teammate; self-motivated with a positive approach!

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience in taking features from inception to the product following Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices and Hands-on experience with ISO26262 and ISO21434.
• Hands-on experience with formal methods, especially using TLA+ and Ada/SPARK toolchains.


With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most talented people in the world working for us. Do you want to be one of them? If you're creative and self driven, we want to hear from you! We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.