NVIDIA · 1 day ago
Senior System Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles Platform
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$224K/yr - $356K/yr
12+ years expNVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer for their Autonomous Vehicles Platform team to help bring their innovative self-driving solutions to market. The role focuses on software integration and development while collaborating with multi-functional teams to ensure compliance with automotive standards.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Consumer ElectronicsGPUHardwareSoftwareVirtual Reality
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
Qualification
Required
BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
12+ years of experience working on software development 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
Preferred
Experience with cloud services, Jenkins, and Docker in continuous integration and deployment systems
Prior experience in the automotive field
Familiarity with the Bazel build system
Experience with Linux and QNX filesystems, and QNX RTOS is a major plus
Background in automotive ECU software integration
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