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Senior Software Engineer

NVIDIA Santa Clara, CA senior full-time

Salary

184,000 USD - 287,500 USD per year

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Description

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer for the Embedded Platform team. You will work on accelerating the development of Jetson, IGX, and DGX Spark Product Software systems within NVIDIA. Your tasks will include implementing features for Jetson and IGX based platforms, defining and building real-time Linux Kernels, enabling IOs and validating sensor interfaces, and working with robotics partners and internal teams.

Responsibilities:

  • Implement features showcasing Jetson and IGX capabilities in robotics, drones, or industrial automation platforms.
  • Define, build, and tune real-time Linux Kernels for deterministic workloads.
  • Enable various IOs and validate sensor interfaces for robotics, drones, or industrial automation.
  • Collaborate with partners and internal teams to turn customer use cases into platform features and tools.
  • Engage in the full product lifecycle from hardware bring-up to production deployment.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in Linux and embedded systems development.
  • Strong programming skills and understanding of robotics, drones, or industrial automation platform hardware architecture.
  • Experience shipping BSPs for robotics, drones, or industrial automation platforms.
  • Ability to navigate Linux kernel internals, including device drivers and debugging tools.
  • Proven real-time Linux kernel development experience.
  • Outstanding technical skills and ability to work across teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Understanding of middleware frameworks like ROS2 and their impact on platform determinism.
  • Experience building tools for configuring and verifying real-time behavior on deployed systems.
  • Familiarity with embedded microprocessor architectures such as ARM and Linux kernel subsystems.
  • Experience with developer kits for robotics, drones, or industrial automation platforms.

Your base salary will be between 184,000 USD and 287,500 USD, depending on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • ROS2
  • middleware frameworks
  • embedded microprocessor architectures
  • developer kits
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