Senior System Software Engineer - Halos Core and Robotics Platform - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$184,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 22 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves architecting, designing, developing, and debugging system software for the NVIDIA Halos safety platform across QNX, Linux, and hypervisors. You will work on platform software for mixed-criticality systems supporting autonomous vehicles, humanoids, industrial robots, and edge 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, diagnostics, and platform software for NVIDIA SoCs and edge AI platforms. - Develop safe and secure software that follows ISO 26262 and ISO 21434 standards. - Bring up and optimize NVIDIA platforms, working closely with ASIC, firmware, OS, safety, security, and platform teams. - Design and develop I/O Virtualization solutions for mixed-criticality systems. - Use Formal Methods to architect and develop high integrity software.
What you'll need
- Bachelors/Masters or equivalent experience in Computer Science. - 8+ years of experience in System Software architecture and development for real time embedded systems. - Strong understanding of computer architecture and operating system fundamentals. - Experience designing and developing complex system solutions, including virtualized system configurations. - Strong Python/C and/or Ada/SPARK programming and debugging skills. - Hands-on experience with debugging tools, performance analysis, system analyzer tools, and platform bring up.
Skills: ISO 26262, ISO 21434, QNX, RTOS, virtualization
This role has been open 89 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
127
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$233k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (127 roles · 27 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 17 | 127 |
| Median days open | 55 d | 62 d (−7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $233k |
Skills observed across this category: ISO 26262, ISO 21434, QNX, RTOS, virtualization
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors · 31 open roles · median 33 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 17 open roles · median 55 d
- Infineon Technologies · 13 open roles · median 45 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 87 d
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 193 d
- Renesas Electronics · 8 open roles · median 54 d
How we counted: 127 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 27 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 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.