The Autonomous Vehicles Platform team is seeking a hands-on System Software Engineer to work on their Autonomous Driving Platform software. The role involves developing performant and scalable solutions for data collection and autonomous vehicle fleets, focusing on middleware features for self-driving cars. Candidates will collaborate with various teams across the stack, including hardware, platform software, and cloud infrastructure, to enhance safety and performance. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to the future of autonomous vehicle technology.

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience working on system software.
• Excellent programming skills in C++, C, and Python.
• Familiarity with source control tools.
• Solid understanding of Linux, QNX, ROS, and/or real-time operating systems.
• Experience in developing user-space system software, with a willingness to delve into kernel-space and/or low-level hardware when needed.
• Knowledge about embedded system programming, threading, mutex, synchronization, communication, and parallel computing.
• Familiarity with hardware architecture for CPU/GPU and memory alongside performance.
• Prior experience in Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Self-Driving-Cars, GPU technology, Embedded Systems, or Computer Vision.

• Integrate sensors into the AV driving software stack.
• Develop and improve the startup user experience of the AV stack.
• Work on sensor abstraction layers, data processing and performance optimization, data serialization, and service frameworks.
• Collaborate with hardware, platform software, product, safety, performance, algorithms, and cloud teams.

• 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.