Senior System Software Engineer - Halos
$184,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 22 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Senior System Software Engineer helps build NVIDIA Halos, a full-stack safety platform for physical AI across autonomous vehicles, humanoids, industrial robots, and intelligent machines. The role focuses on mixed-criticality software stacks spanning QNX, Linux, hypervisors, safety partitions, accelerators, and real-time AI workloads.
What you'll do
- Architect, design, develop, and debug system software for NVIDIA Halos OS across QNX, Linux, and hypervisor-based environments.
- Design and develop BSP, boot, driver, device-management, networking, diagnostics, and platform software for NVIDIA SoCs and edge AI platforms.
- Develop safe and secure software in accordance with ISO 26262 and ISO 21434 standards.
- Design and develop I/O Virtualization solutions for mixed-criticality systems and apply formal methods for high-integrity software.
- Bring up and optimize platform software alongside ASIC, firmware, OS, safety, security, platform teams, and external vendors.
- Resolve kernel-level issues and lead integration of external Ethernet switching technology for vehicle platforms.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in system software architecture and development for real-time embedded systems.
- Strong understanding of computer architecture, operating system fundamentals, and networking.
- Programming and debugging abilities in Python, C, and/or Ada/SPARK.
- Hands-on experience with debugging tools, performance analysis, system and network analyzer tools, and platform bring up.
- Expertise in automotive networking across Linux and QNX, including IEEE 1588 PTP, TSN, hardware time-stamping, Ethernet switches, PHYs, and cross-layer debug.
Skills: ISO 26262, ISO 21434, QNX, Linux, hypervisors
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This role has been open 100 days — well above the 62-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
118
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Median days open
62 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$246k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (118 roles · 27 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 17 | 118 |
| Median days open | 67 d | 62 d (+5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $246k |
Skills observed across this category: ISO 26262, ISO 21434, QNX, Linux, hypervisors
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors · 28 open roles · median 39 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 16 open roles · median 66 d
- Infineon Technologies · 13 open roles · median 54 d
- Renesas Electronics · 10 open roles · median 59 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 205 d
- Arm Holdings · 5 open roles · median 3 d
How we counted: 118 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 27 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 31 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.