Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Platform Middleware — Automotive and Robotics
NVIDIA · Santa Clara, United States · 1mo ago
NVIDIAhasbeentransformingcomputergraphics,PCgaming,andacceleratedcomputingformorethan25years.Today,we'retappingintotheunlimitedpotentialofAItodefinethenexteraofcomputing—whereourGPUsactasthebrainsofcomputers,robots,andself-drivingcarsthatunderstandtheworld.Doingwhat'sneverbeendonebeforetakesvision,innovation,andtheworld'sbesttalent.AsanNVIDIAN,you'llbeimmersedinadiverse,supportiveenvironmentwhereeveryoneisinspiredtodotheirbestwork.
JoinNVIDIA'sEmbeddedPlatformMiddlewareteam [NvSci Team]—thegroupbuildingthefoundationalsystemsoftwarethatenablessafe,high-performancedatasharingandsynchronizationacrossGPUs,CPUs,andspecializedacceleratorsonNVIDIADRIVE(autonomousvehicles)andJetson(robotics&edgeAI)platforms.Ourmiddlewareistheconnectivetissuethatletsmillionsofsafety-certifieddevicesmovedataatsiliconspeed—deterministically,securely,andat scale. Weworkattheintersectionoflow-levelsystemssoftware,safety-criticalengineering,and ground breakingacceleratorhardware.Ifyouloveshippingcodethatrunsinrealcarsandrealrobots,thisisyourteam.
WhatYou'llBeDoing:
DesignandevolvemiddlewareAPIsforbuffersharing,cross-enginesynchronization,streaming,andinter-processcommunication—witharelentlessfocusondeveloperexperience,simplicity,andlong-termmaintainability.
Leadend-to-endfeaturedevelopmentthatmeetsstringentautomotivesafetyandsecuritystandards(ISO26262,ASPICE,ISO21434),alignedwithproductroadmapsandreleasecycles.
Optimizeperformanceinresource-constrainedembeddedenvironments;partnercloselywithhardwareandfirmwareengineerstoco-designsolutionsthatunlockthefullpotentialofNVIDIAaccelerators.
Drivetechnicaldirectionacrossteams—collaboratewithCUDA,graphics,camera,andAVframeworkengineerstosimplifysystemarchitectureandelevatetheplatform.
Modernizehowwebuildsoftware—introduceautomation,staticanalysis,fuzzing,andgenerative-AItoolingto improveonreliability,velocity,andscalability.
Mentorandinfluence—helpgrowthetechnicaldepthoftheteamandrepresenttheplatformincross-orgdesigndiscussions.
WhatWeNeedtoSee:
BSorMSinCS,CE,EE,orrelatedfield—orequivalentexperience.
8+yearsofrelevantsoftwaredevelopmentexperience.
StrongproficiencyinCandmodernC++.
Deepexperiencewithembeddedsystemsandsystemarchitecture—multi-threadedsoftwarespanningCPUs,accelerators,andheterogeneouschips.
Strongunderstandingofoperatingsystemsinternals:memorymanagement,synchronizationprimitives,IPC,anddrivers.
Hands-onexperiencewiththeLinuxkernel(drivers,subsystems,orkernel-spacedevelopment).
Experiencedeliveringsafety-criticalsoftware—ISO26262,DO-178C,IEC61508,orequivalentcertified-softwaredevelopmentprocesses.
Proventrackrecordofdrivingsolutionsfromconcepttoproductionincross-functional,distributedteams.
WaystoStandOut from the crowd:
Experiencewithautomotivecybersecurity(ISO21434)orASPICEprocesses.
FamiliaritywithQNX,Integrity,orotherRTOSes.
BackgroundinGPUprogramming,CUDA,Vulkan,orgraphics/computedriverstacks.
Contributionstomiddleware,HALlayers,orsystemlibrariesatproductionscale.
ExperiencewithMISRAC/C++,Coverity,fuzzing,orformalverification.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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