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Senior Security Software Engineer - AV Platform

NVIDIA

Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

7/19/2026

Compensation

$184,000 - $356,500 per year

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Job description

The Autonomous Vehicles Platform team is seeking a hands-on Cybersecurity Software Engineer to work on their Autonomous Driving Platform software. This role involves implementing scalable solutions for data collection and security features for autonomous vehicle fleets. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to enhance software security across the stack, ensuring safety and performance. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to the technology that will drive the cars of the future.

Requirements

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or 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.
  • Outstanding communication skills and teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Integrate security features into the AV driving software stack.
  • Develop and improve security work-products for the AV stack.
  • Work on security-related software code ranging from sensor abstraction layers to data processing to middleware software.
  • Address security governance topics and guide other teams with security mechanism implementation.
  • Collaborate with hardware, platform software, product, safety, performance, algorithms, and cloud teams.

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.

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