Senior System Software Engineer, AV Platform

Nvidia

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $184,000–$287,500 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 59 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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TL;DR · Senior System Software Engineer, AV Platform

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The Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform joins the Autonomous Vehicles Platform team to develop performant, scalable solutions for data collection and autonomous vehicle fleets. This role involves building platform and middleware features for self-driving cars, specifically focusing on software that interacts with sensors like Cameras, LIDAR, RADAR, GPS, IMU, and Vehicle CAN. Key responsibilities include integrating sensors into the driving software stack, improving startup user experience, and developing sensor abstraction layers, data processing, performance optimization, data serialization, and service frameworks. Candidates must utilize C++, C, and Python within Linux, QNX, ROS, or real-time operating systems. The work requires expertise in embedded system programming, threading, mutex, synchronization, and parallel computing to solve complex problems across multi-computer and heterogeneous architectures for autonomous driving and robotics.

What does a System Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $235750 from 70 postings across 4 companies.

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Skills

C++ C Python Linux QNX ROS Real-Time Operating Systems Embedded Systems GPU Computer Vision Data Serialization Parallel Computing Source Control System Architecture Performance Optimization Sensor Abstraction Threading Mutex Synchronization

What you'll do

Integrate various sensors into the autonomous vehicle driving software stack.
Develop and improve the startup user experience of the AV stack.
Build and maintain sensor abstraction layers and data processing frameworks.
Optimize software performance for data serialization and service frameworks.
Develop application frameworks and tools for multi-computer and heterogeneous architectures.
Implement system software for Linux, QNX, ROS, or real-time operating systems.
Develop user-space system software with the ability to work in kernel-space or low-level hardware.
Build highly-scalable applications using threading, mutex, synchronization, and parallel computing.

What we're looking for

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 developing user-space system software with a willingness to work in kernel-space or low-level hardware.
Knowledge of embedded system programming, threading, mutex, synchronization, communication, and parallel computing.
Familiarity with CPU/GPU/Memory hardware architecture and performance (preferred).

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