Senior System Software Engineer, Replay and Simulation - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$152,000 - $287,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 8 October 2026 by the employer.
Join NVIDIA's Solution Engineering team to build and deploy scalable solutions for autonomous vehicles.
About the role
As a Senior System Software Engineer, you will join the Solution Engineering team to build and deploy scalable solutions for autonomous vehicles. You will help craft the application software architecture for replay and simulation focused tooling and frameworks.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and deploy replay and simulation focused tooling and frameworks for autonomous vehicle development and testing.
- Engage with external customers to lead bring-up activities and provide domain expertise to resolve functional and simulation related issues.
- Integrate hardware and software components and build scalable software solutions for partners.
- Conduct profiling, benchmarking and evaluation activities for verification.
- Perform in-vehicle and simulation test drives, collect and analyze recorded data, and use aggregated metrics for simulation-to-real comparative analysis.
What you'll need
- 5+ years of work related experience in software development related to autonomous driving and/or simulation technologies.
- Bachelors or Masters in computer science, robotics, computer engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Track record providing robust and efficient solutions for autonomous driving (in car or simulation).
- Prior experience in application development and familiarity with middleware frameworks.
- Excellent C/C++ development skills with good knowledge of Python.
- Knowledgeable with various OS environments such as Linux and real-time operating systems.
- Knowledgeable with container-based virtualization workflows.
Skills: autonomous driving, replay and simulation, C/C++, Linux, container-based virtualization
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 58-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
679
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$213k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (679 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 128 | 679 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 966 | 6085 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 50 d | 58 d (−8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: autonomous driving, replay and simulation, C/C++, Linux, container-based virtualization
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 168 open roles · median 73 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 127 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD · 61 open roles · median 49 d
- Mobileye · 29 open roles · median 72 d
- Broadcom · 22 open roles · median 44 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 106 d
How we counted: 679 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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 — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.