Senior System Software Engineer, Automotive Performance

NVIDIA•US, CA, Remote, CA

1d•$152,000 - $287,500

About The Position

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to optimize system software for its automotive performance platforms with Safe RTOS. The role works across hardware architecture, DriveOS, power, and test teams to track boot and runtime performance benchmarks and ensure software and hardware meet projected targets. It also contributes to automotive profiling tools with AI assistance, benchmarks hypervisor overhead on ARM systems, and collaborates with the ADAS/AV team to optimize NVIDIA’s next-generation stack on Tegra platforms.

Requirements

Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years of experience in systems or software performance.
Strong C/C++ programming abilities and prior experience in the automotive sector.
Proficiency in Linux and QNX.
Solid understanding of benchmarking, boot-time optimization, compiler optimizations, and runtime performance improvements.
Knowledge of hypervisors, virtualization, and overhead analysis.
Experience with profiling utilities to improve system software efficiency.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Android.
AI/ML experience.

Responsibilities

Optimize system software for NVIDIA automotive performance platforms with Safe RTOS.
Collaborate with Hardware Architecture, DriveOS, Power, and Test teams to track boot and runtime performance benchmarks.
Monitor micro-benchmarks and industry-standard benchmarks across IPs to help ensure software and hardware meet projected targets.
Help develop features for automotive profiling tools with AI assistance.
Benchmark the hypervisor and minimize overhead on ARM systems.
Work with the ADAS/AV team to optimize NVIDIA’s next-generation stack on Tegra platforms.