Job Description

The Senior System Software Engineer will join NVIDIA's Autonomous Vehicles Platform team to develop and productize innovative solutions for self-driving cars. This role involves collaborating with multi-functional engineering teams to integrate their work into the autonomous driving DRIVE SW platform while ensuring compliance with automotive standards.

Requirements

BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
12+ years of experience working on software development for autonomous vehicles
Proficient debugging skills from application to kernel level on embedded hardware
Strong software development skills in Python
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams
Experience in software architecture design
Proven expertise in embedded systems and SW/HW cross-domain knowledge
Ability and flexibility to work and communicate effectively in a multinational, multi-time-zone corporate environment
Self-motivated, organized, and proactive

Responsibilities

Lead software integration with a systematic approach to streamline embedded development within NVIDIA and across NVIDIA Drive Autonomous vehicle solution partners
Architect and develop platform software, tools, filesystem customization, and software integration in various OS environments
Collaborate with other engineering teams to enable CI for automated sanity testing, car validation, and software release delivery
Proactively work with system architects, software/firmware engineers, HW/SW QA teams, and application engineering teams to drive cross-team dependency and schedule alignment, coordinate progress, and debug issues to meet production release timelines
Enhance integration efficiency to facilitate low latency development on Tegra-based Autonomous Vehicle Simulation & car platforms
Regularly engage with customer teams to productize workflows for platform integration
Work closely with other software engineers to identify and implement build and packaging infrastructure requirements, and develop automated tests to accelerate development for Autonomous Vehicles
Operate in an environment involving Hypervisor, Linux, and QNX RTOS

Benefits

Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.