# Senior System Software Architect - Halos Core and Robotics Platform

Hiring organization: [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/56223037-f509-41bb-82b0-f112f38a0dec

Listed on NVIDIA's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Salary: 224000 – 431250 USD per year

## Summary

NVIDIA seeks a senior architect to design system software for their Halos safety platform, which powers autonomous vehicles and robots running mixed-criticality workloads across real-time and rich operating systems. The role requires deep expertise in embedded systems, RTOS, virtualization, and safety-critical software development, and suits someone with 12+ years building production-grade real-time software.

_Our summary, not NVIDIA's wording._

## Skills named

Ada, SPARK, Virtualization

## Required

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 12+ years in System Software architecture and development for real-time embedded systems
- Strong understanding of computer architecture and operating system fundamentals
- Experience designing and developing solutions for complex system problems
- Strong C and/or Ada/SPARK programming and debugging skills
- Practical experience with AI-assisted development tools
- Hands-on experience with debugging, performance analysis, and system analyzer tools

## Nice to have

- In-depth knowledge of QNX and RT Linux
- Understanding of ARM architecture and low-level ARM v8 SoC development
- Hands-on Ada/SPARK programming and formal verification experience
- TLA+ formal verification modeling
- Architectural safety analysis (FMEA/DFA) and threat modeling experience
- Experience taking features from inception to product using SDLC practices

Apply on NVIDIA's site: https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-System-Software-Architect---Halos-Core-and-Robotics-Platform_JR2021346