Senior System Software Engineer
NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer in the automotive domain to develop and productize their DRIVE OS software for autonomous vehicle platforms. The role involves architecture and development of bootloaders, device drivers, and hypervisor features for virtualized environments on ARM-based hardware. Candidates must have 5+ years of embedded systems experience with strong C programming skills. This position requires active coordination with cross-functional teams and direct customer interface for hardware bringup and performance tuning.
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Experience
5+ years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Onsite, India
Company
Tier 1
What you will work on
NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer in the automotive domain to develop and productize their DRIVE OS software for autonomous vehicle platforms. The role involves architecture and development of bootloaders, device drivers, and hypervisor features for virtualized environments on ARM-based hardware. Candidates must have 5+ years of embedded systems experience with strong C programming skills. This position requires active coordination with cross-functional teams and direct customer interface for hardware bringup and performance tuning.
TAL's take
High-impact role at a tier-1 company involving cutting-edge autonomous driving software development.
JD provides clear responsibilities, domain context, required tech stack, and specific architectural focus areas.
Salaries at NVIDIA
29.5 LPA average
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Must haves
- 5+ years of experience on embedded systems
- Focus on bootloaders, operating systems, and drivers
- Strong C programming skills
- Solid understanding of ARM processor architecture fundamentals
Tools and skills
Nice to have: armv8, hypervisor, board bringup.
About the company
NVIDIA is a global tier-1 technology leader in AI computing and high-performance hardware.