Senior Systems Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles Platform - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$184,000 - $287,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 August 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 30 August 2026.
Focus on the Classic AUTOSAR software stack and DRIVE SW automotive platform for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems.
About the role
NVIDIA's Autonomous Vehicles Platform team is looking for engineers to develop and productize embedded software solutions for the DRIVE SW platform. The role focuses on embedded real-time system software providing safety services for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems in environments involving RTOS, Classic AUTOSAR, and QNX/Linux OS.
What you'll do
- Develop embedded real time system software responsible for providing safety services for Advance Driver Assistance System applications. - Optimize solutions to satisfy product, safety, and system-level requirements along with key performance indicators. - Adhere to functional safety process rigor to achieve overall product safety goals and create supporting work-products. - Collaborate with software, hardware, and integration teams to derive and implement system-level architecture and requirements. - Engage directly with customer teams to customize, integrate, and productize automotive solutions. - Analyze sophisticated technical issues and drive resolution across multiple teams within RTOS, Classic AUTOSAR, and QNX/Linux OS environments.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in CS, CE, EE, or equivalent experience. - 8+ years of experience in a related field. - Detailed experience with Classic Autosar Software Stack and associated development tools. - C and C++ coding skills, along with proficiency in scripting languages. - Experience with software debugging tools including software debuggers, analyzers, and trace loggers. - Understanding of SoC principles, general systems architectures, operating systems, device drivers, memory management, multithreading, and real-time scheduling.
Nice to have
- Prior experience in the automotive field and usage of the AUTOSAR Stack. - Background with real-time embedded environments, RTOS, and associated tools. - Experience working with CAN and tools, RADAR, or LiDAR. - Experience with onsite and offsite customer support.
Skills: embedded real time system software, Classic Autosar Software Stack, RTOS, device drivers, self-driving cars
This role has been open 154 days — well above the 106-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Automotive IC
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Open roles in category
69
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Median days open
106 d
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Median salary
$159k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (69 roles · 16 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 69 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 997 | 6277 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 69 d | 106 d (−37 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $159k |
Skills observed across this category: embedded real time system software, Classic Autosar Software Stack, RTOS, device drivers, self-driving cars
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 17 open roles · median 198 d
- Infineon Technologies · 11 open roles · median 94 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 10 open roles · median 69 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 7 open roles · median 106 d
- Renesas Electronics · 5 open roles · median 44 d
- Arrow Electronics · 4 open roles · median 119 d
How we counted: 69 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Automotive IC) roles from 16 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 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.