Senior Software Systems Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

Job Description

The Senior Software Systems Engineer role at NVIDIA's ADAS Platform team involves driving architectural improvements and system-level scalability to support advanced driver-assistance systems.

Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field or relevant experience
• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• Solid background in C and C++ programming
• Strong understanding of modular software architecture, clean code design, and separation of concerns
• Hands-on experience building and debugging multithreaded, real-time, or performance-critical systems
• Familiarity with parallel/distributed systems and low-level system profiling
• Comfortable working in Linux, QNX, or other embedded RTOS environments
• Exceptional communication skills and a collaborative, hard-working attitude

Responsibilities

• Driving architectural improvements that simplify and modularize the software stack
• Designing clean boundaries between NVIDIA core components and OEM-specific implementations
• Refactoring ADAS components to support reuse, extensibility, and long-term maintainability
• Improving system-level scalability through IPC, middleware, and platform abstraction layers
• Partnering with teams across software, systems, and hardware to define clear interfaces and improve integration velocity
• Establishing test coverage, design reviews, and architectural documentation that scales with the platform
• Profiling and tuning system performance — optimizing for modern multi-core and real-time environments

Benefits

• Multiple relocation packages
• Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
• 8-week parental leave
• 9 Employee Resource Groups
• Annual bonus offering
• Flexible work arrangements
• Up to 6% 401K matching