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Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform

NVIDIA

Company websitenvidia.com (NVIDIA, opens in new tab)

Base salary $184,000  to $287,500

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Santa Clara, CA

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  • LocationSanta Clara, CA
  • WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
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About this job

The Autonomous Vehicles Platform team is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to help bring NVIDIA's autonomous vehicle platform to the market. This role involves developing and productizing innovative solutions that will transform transportation and the field of self-driving cars. You will collaborate with talented and dedicated multi-functional engineering teams across various vehicle sub-systems to integrate their work into our autonomous driving DRIVE SW platform, ensuring compliance with all relevant NVIDIA and automotive standards and guidelines. The work is exciting, impactful, and enjoyable, with deadlines, customers, and competition to navigate.


What you'll be doing:

  • Lead software integration with a systematic approach to streamline embedded development for NVIDIA Drive Autonomous vehicle solution products.
  • Architect and develop platform software, tools, filesystem customization, with efficient software integration in multiple OS environments with AI powered workflows.
  • Proactively work with system architects, software/firmware engineers, HW/SW QA teams, and application engineering teams to drive cross-team dependency and schedule alignment, coordinate progress, and debug issues to meet production release timelines.
  • Regularly engage with customer teams to productize workflows for platform integration.
  • Collaborate with other engineering teams to enable automated workflows for development,  sanity testing, car validation, and software release deliveries.
  • Work closely with other software engineers to identify and implement build and packaging infrastructure requirements, and develop automated tests to accelerate development for Autonomous Vehicles.
  • Operate in an environment involving Hypervisor, Linux, and QNX RTOS.

What we need to see:

  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 8+ years of experience working on software development autonomous vehicles.
  • Proficient debugging skills from application to kernel level on embedded hardware.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams.
  • Proven expertise in embedded systems, architecture design and SW/HW cross-domain knowledge.
  • Ability and flexibility to work and communicate effectively in a multinational, multi-time-zone corporate environment.
  • Self-motivated, organized, and proactive.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Leveraged AI for building small to complex embedded projects to improve platform developer efficiency.
  • Experience with Linux and QNX filesystems, and QNX RTOS is a major plus.
  • Background in automotive ECU software integration or Prior experience in the automotive field.
  • Familiarity with the Bazel build system.
  • Good to have exposure in python programming, cloud services, Jenkins, and Docker in continuous integration and deployment systems.

#AutonomousVehicles

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary range for this position is 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Source: NVIDIA on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($184,000) is above 56% of the 4,266 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 124 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,100; the middle half runs from $149,100 to $204,000.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live NVIDIA roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live NVIDIA roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform (this listing)$184,000 - $287,500
Senior Software Engineer, Subnet Management$184,000 - $356,500
Senior Software Engineer, AI Networking$184,000 - $356,500
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Safety$184,000 - $356,500
Senior Firmware Security Architect, Networking$184,000 - $356,500
Senior Compiler Engineer - AI$184,000 - $287,500
Senior System Software Engineer, Performance - CUDA Driver$184,000 - $356,500

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All NVIDIA roles · How to read the bar

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