Description
Join the leading Tegra Tools team at NVIDIA as a Senior System Software Engineer!
This role offers an outstanding opportunity to work on breakthrough technology that drives everything from self-driving cars to advanced AI solutions.
Our mission is to build flawless software tools that assist in flashing and provisioning NVIDIA chips and platforms across diverse fields.
If you are passionate about composing outstanding tools and flourish in a collaborative and ambitious atmosphere, we are eager to hear from you!
What you'll be doing:
Construct, optimize, and direct software tools and infrastructure for flashing and provisioning NVIDIA chips and platforms across Automotive, Embedded, and Data Center products.
Coordinate the full tools lifecycle, initiating from pre-silicon software development through silicon bring-up and post-silicon validation connected to flash and provisioning workflows.
Develop and maintain host and target software tools for flashing and provisioning workflows, assisting both internal NVIDIA teams and external partners working with products for NVIDIA platforms.
Collaborate with hardware build, architecture, firmware, software, and QA teams to define and deliver tooling requirements across the product lifecycle.
What we need to see:
BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree or equivalent experience.
5+ years of relevant software development experience.
Strong C/C++ and Python programming skills, with experience shipping production-quality tools.
Solid understanding of software engineering principles and object-oriented programming.
Solid knowledge of computer architecture, low-level interfaces, and host-device communication protocols (USB, UART, SPI, PCIe, JTAG).
Solid comprehension of the SoC boot sequence, spanning from ROM and bootloader phases to kernel initialization, along with the capability to troubleshoot boot failures at multiple points.
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, including comfort with tools like GDB and JTAG debuggers.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
Proficient with redefining legacy workflows into agentic.
Kernel or driver experience on Linux, Android, or Windows platforms.
Experience developing bare-metal firmware or device drivers on embedded or SoC platforms.
Familiarity with test automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines for hardware-in-the-loop testing.
Experience building internal tooling with frontend components, such as web dashboards, GUIs, or visualization layers for flash status and workflows.