Senior System Software Engineer, Automotive Performance

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · CA +2 · Remote

Senior System Software Engineer role focused on optimizing system software performance for NVIDIA's automotive platforms, including hypervisor and profiling tools. While AI/ML experience is desirable and AI tools are used in recruiting, the core responsibilities are in system software engineering and performance optimization, not direct AI model development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Play a key role in optimizing system software for Nvidia automotive performance platforms with Safe RTOS.
  2. Collaborate closely with Hardware Architecture, DriveOS, Power, and Test teams to track key boot & runtime performance benchmarks.
  3. Ensure the software and hardware meet projected targets by closely supervising micro benchmarks and industry-standard benchmarks across IPs.
  4. Contribute to developing innovative features in automotive profiling tools with AI assistance.
  5. Benchmark the hypervisor and ensure the lowest overhead on ARM systems.

Skills

Required

  • Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • 12+ years of systems or software performance experience
  • C/C++ programming
  • Automotive sector experience
  • Linux
  • QNX
  • Benchmarking
  • Boot time optimization
  • Compiler optimizations
  • Runtime performance improvements
  • Hypervisors
  • Virtualization
  • Overhead analysis
  • Profiling utilities

Nice to have

  • Android knowledge
  • AI/ML experience

What the JD emphasized

  • minimum of 12 years of proven experience in systems or software performance
  • Solid C/C++ programming abilities
  • Proficiency in Linux and QNX
  • Solid understanding of Benchmarking, boot time optimization, compiler optimizations and runtime performance improvements
  • Knowledge of hypervisors, virtualization, and overhead analysis
  • Experience working with profiling utilities to improve system software efficiency