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NVIDIA

Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA · Senior

$184,000 – $287,500

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What this role is

A platform engineering role building core software infrastructure for autonomous vehicles, focusing on sensor integration, data streaming, and vehicle interfaces. Suits experienced C++ engineers comfortable with real-time systems, CUDA optimization, and embedded Linux who want to work on self-driving technology at scale.

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What they ask for

Required

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 8+ years developing and debugging multithreaded/distributed applications
  • Excellent C and C++ programming skills
  • Strong knowledge of parallel and distributed programming and debugging
  • Experience with real-time operating systems (Linux, Android, or equivalent)
  • Experience with sensor types: cameras, LiDAR, radar, ultrasonics, IMU, GPS
  • Experience with vehicle control interfaces
  • Ability to write low-latency, high-performance code

Nice to have

  • Understanding of embedded architectures
  • Experience with data-parallel and GPGPU programming (CUDA, OpenCL)
  • Software development with modern OpenGL Core Profile on Linux
  • Experience with version control systems Git and build system CMake

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