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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing
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As a Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform, you will join the Autonomous Vehicles Platform team to develop performant and scalable solutions for data collection and autonomous vehicle fleets. You will build middleware features, integrate sensors like Cameras, LIDAR, RADAR, GPS, IMU, and Vehicle CAN into the driving software stack, and improve startup user experience. Your daily work involves developing sensor abstraction layers, data processing, performance optimization, data serialization, and service frameworks across multi-computer and heterogeneous architectures. You will utilize C++, C, and Python while working with Linux, QNX, ROS, or real-time operating systems. The role requires expertise in embedded system programming, threading, mutex, synchronization, and parallel computing to solve complex problems in autonomous vehicles, robotics, and computer vision. You will collaborate across the stack from platform software to cloud infrastructure to ensure safety and performance.
What does a System Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $235750 from 37 postings across 4 companies.
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C
Python
Linux
QNX
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Real-Time Operating Systems
Embedded Systems
GPU
Computer Vision
Source Control
Parallel Computing
System Architecture
Middleware
Cybersecurity
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C++
Linux
QNX
Android
Python
Embedded Systems
Real-Time Operating Systems
CI/CD
Generative AI
Automotive Systems
ADAS
Middleware
Scripting
Automation
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C++
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Linux Kernel
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RTOS
Device Drivers
GPU
Middleware
System Architecture
Performance Engineering
Virtualization
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