Senior Software Test Developer – Driveos

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

Senior Software Test Developer for NVIDIA's DriveOS automotive operating system, focusing on testing, automation, and verification strategies for a world-class product. Responsibilities include developing test strategies, automating verification, collaborating with teams, and root-causing issues.

What you'd actually do

  1. Developing new and extending existing test strategies to guarantee the highest level of quality from both functional and performance perspectives ensuring that DriveOS meets the standards expected from a world-class product.
  2. Designing and developing software that reliably automates the verification of all DriveOS components playing a crucial role in streamlining our testing processes.
  3. Collaborating with multiple development, verification, and customer-facing teams to gain a comprehensive understanding of DriveOS as a product and its real-world applications facilitating continuous improvement.
  4. Analyzing and root-causing issues down to the code level, leading the defect fixing process, and providing effective fixes to address challenges with efficiency and precision.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience in software development.
  • Developing large-scale, logical code from scratch in Python or C++
  • Experience in using AI coding assistants to improve coding efficiency and correctness
  • Demonstrated experience working with embedded systems and automotive sensors like cameras.
  • Proficiency in Linux and Unix-like systems
  • Experience using source control systems such as Git and Perforce
  • Strong ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with diverse teams
  • Strong analytical skills and a keen eye for detail

Nice to have

  • Experience working with requirements and task management systems like Jama, Doors or Jira
  • Hands-on experience in building LLM-enhanced automation pipelines
  • Experience in testing safety-relevant systems following the ISO26262 recommendations, especially for the hardware-software-interface

What the JD emphasized

  • highly skilled
  • push the boundaries
  • guarantee the highest level of quality
  • critical
  • instrumental