NVIDIA

NVIDIA

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Senior Systems Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles Platform

Posted Aug 5, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
$184K – $287.5K/yr
Location
Santa Clara, California, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Education
BS, MS in CS/CE/EE, or equivalent experience

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Role Summary

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The Autonomous Vehicles Platform team develops and productizes NVIDIA’s automotive platform and integrates work from vehicle subsystem teams into the autonomous driving DRIVE SW platform. The role focuses on embedded real-time software and safety services for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, supporting product, safety, and system-level goals.

What You'll Do

  • Develop embedded real-time system software providing safety services for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
  • Optimize solutions to meet product, safety, and system-level requirements and key performance indicators
  • Develop supporting work-products aligned with the functional safety process
  • Collaborate with software, hardware, and integration teams to derive and drive system-level architecture and requirements
  • Engage directly with customer teams to customize, integrate, and productize solutions
  • Analyze technical issues and independently drive resolution across multiple teams

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Qualifications

BS or MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent experience; 8+ years in a related field; detailed experience with Classic AUTOSAR Software Stack and associated development tools; excellent C and C++ coding skills and proficiency in scripting languages; software debugging, analysis, and trace logging tools; understanding of SoC principles, systems architectures, operating systems, device drivers, memory management, multithreading, and real-time scheduling; excellent communication and organization skills.

Required

  • BS, MS in CS/CE/EE, or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years in a related field
  • Detailed experience with Classic Autosar Software Stack and associated development tools
  • Excellent C and C++ coding skills
  • Proficiency in Scripting languages
  • Software debuggers, analyzers, trace loggers
  • Understanding of SoC principles, general systems architectures, operating systems, device drivers, memory management, multithreading,...
  • Excellent communication and organization skills, with a logical approach to problem solving, good time management and task prioritization

Preferred

  • Prior experience in Automotive field and usage of AUTOSAR Stack
  • Background with Real time embedded environments, RTOS and tools
  • Prior experience working with CAN and tools, RADAR, LiDAR
  • Experience with onsite and offsite customer support

Original job description

Content provided by the employer

Our Autonomous Vehicles Platform team is searching for engineers to develop and bring NVIDIA's automotive platform out to the world. You will participate in a focused effort to develop and productize ground-breaking solutions that will revolutionize the world of transportation and the growing field of self-driving cars. You will work with hardworking and dedicated multi-functional engineering development teams across various vehicle subsystems to integrate their work into our autonomous driving DRIVE SW platform, while achieving or exceeding all meaningful NVIDIA and automotive standards & guidelines. You'll find the work is exciting, fun, and very meaningful. We have deadlines, customers, and competition.

What you'll be doing:

  • Develop embedded real time system software responsible providing safety services for Advance Driver Assistance System

  • Optimize solution to meet all product, safety and system level requirements and satisfy key performance indicators

  • Adhere to development rigor that insures achieving the overall product safety goals and develop supporting work-products that align with functional safety process

  • Collaborate with software, hardware, and integration teams to derive and drive system level architecture and requirements

  • Regularly engage with customer teams directly to customize, integrate, and productize

  • Analyze sophisticated technical issues and independently drive resolution across multiple teams

  • Work in an environment which involves RTOS, Classic AUTOSAR, QNX/Linux OS, Real time embedded environment

What we need to see:

  • BS, MS in CS/CE/EE, or equivalent experience

  • 8+ years in a related field

  • Must have detailed experience with Classic Autosar Software Stack and associated development tools

  • Excellent C and C++ coding skills along with proficiency in Scripting languages

  • Master of software debugging tools: software debuggers, analyzers, trace loggers

  • Deep understanding of SoC principles, general systems architectures, operating systems, device drivers, memory management, multithreading, and real-time scheduling

  • Excellent communication and organization skills, with a logical approach to problem solving, good time management and task prioritization

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Prior experience in Automotive field and usage of AUTOSAR Stack

  • Background with Real time embedded environments, RTOS and tools

  • Prior experience working with CAN and tools, RADAR, LiDAR is a plus

  • Experience with onsite and offsite customer support

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 26, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

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NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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About the company

NVIDIA

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NVIDIA is a leading technology company renowned for its graphics processing units (GPUs) and innovative computing solutions that enhance visual experiences across multiple platforms, including gaming, scientific research, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1993, the company has expanded its offerings to include powerful AI frameworks and deep learning platforms, making significant contributions to industries such as gaming, data centers, automotive, and healthcare. NVIDIA's commitment to pushing the boundaries of visual computing continues to drive advancements in both hardware and software, positioning the company at the forefront of emerging technologies and digital transformation.