Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA
About this role
Nvidia is hiring a senior-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Santa Clara, CA. The posting calls out experience with Computer Vision, Linux, Embedded Systems, Python.
- Role
- Systems Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA
- Posted
- May 18, 2026
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Job description
from Nvidia careersThe Autonomous Vehicles Platform team is looking for a hands-on System Software Engineer. As part of our team, you will work on our Autonomous Driving Platform software, implementing performant and scalable solutions for data collection and autonomous vehicle fleets. Our team is responsible for developing platform and middleware features for self-driving cars. This includes software that interacts with various sensors including Cameras, LIDAR, RADAR, GPS, IMU, Vehicle CAN etc.
We are seeking candidates with interests in inventing, developing, and maintaining application framework and tools on multi-computer and heterogeneous architectures. The role encompasses working with various teams across the stack, from platform and embedded software to cloud infrastructure, underpinned by safety and performance. It extends an opportunity to contribute to the technology that will drive the cars of the future!
What you'll be doing:
Integrating sensors into our AV driving software stack.
Develop and improve startup user experience of our AV stack.
Work on areas such as sensor abstraction layers, data processing & performance optimization, data serialization, and service frameworks.
Collaborate with hardware, platform software, product, safety, performance, algorithms and cloud teams.
What we need to see:
BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
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