Senior System Software Architect, Halos Core and Robotics Platform

Nvidia

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On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$224,000–$356,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
104 days ago
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TL;DR · Senior System Software Architect, Halos Core and Robotics Platform

The Senior System Software Architect joins the team building NVIDIA Halos, a full-stack safety platform for physical AI including autonomous vehicles and humanoids. You will architect, design, develop, and debug system software for NVIDIA Halos OS across QNX, Linux, and hypervisor-based environments. Key responsibilities include developing BSP, boot, driver, and device-management software for NVIDIA SoCs, designing I/O Virtualization solutions for mixed-criticality systems, and ensuring compliance with ISO 26262 and ISO 21434 standards. You will utilize C, Ada/SPARK, and Formal Methods to build high-integrity software. The role requires expertise in ARM architecture, RTOS, and virtualization to solve complex problems in real-time AI workloads, platform bring-up, and performance analysis for edge AI platforms.

What you'll do

  • Architect, design, develop, and debug system software for NVIDIA Halos OS across QNX, Linux, and hypervisor environments.
  • Design and develop BSP, boot, driver, device-management, diagnostics, and platform software for NVIDIA SoCs.
  • Develop I/O Virtualization solutions for mixed-criticality systems.
  • Develop safe and secure software compliant with ISO 26262 and ISO 21434 standards.
  • Bring up and optimize next-generation NVIDIA platforms in collaboration with ASIC, firmware, and safety teams.
  • Use Formal Methods to architect and develop high-integrity software.
  • Utilize GenAI and AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate debugging, testing, and workflow automation.
  • Design debugging, tracing, logging, and performance-analysis solutions to improve developer experience.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years of experience in system software architecture and development for real-time embedded systems.
  • Strong understanding of computer architecture and operating system fundamentals.
  • Strong C and/or Ada/SPARK programming and debugging skills.
  • Experience designing and developing solutions for complex system problems.
  • Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, debugging, testing, documentation, or workflow automation.
  • Hands-on experience with debugging tools, performance analysis, and system analyzer tools.
  • In-depth knowledge of embedded systems and RTOS like QNX and RT Linux (preferred).
  • Good understanding of ARM architecture and low-level software development for ARM v8 based SOCs (preferred).
  • Prior hands-on experience in Ada/SPARK programming and TLA+ formal verification modeling (preferred).
  • Experience performing architectural safety analysis (FMEA/DFA) and security analysis (Threat modeling) (preferred).
  • Experience taking features from inception to product following SDLC practices (preferred).

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