CareerPlan

Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k2026-08-29 → 2026-11-10

Core

Designing and implementing performant, scalable system software and middleware for autonomous vehicle fleets, integrating sensors (Cameras, LIDAR, RADAR, GPS, IMU, CAN) and optimizing data processing.

Role type

Senior System Software Engineer (Autonomous Vehicles)

Builds

Autonomous Driving Platform software, sensor abstraction layers, service frameworks, and data processing pipelines for self-driving cars.

Domain

Autonomous Vehicles / Robotics / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

C++, C, Python, Linux/QNX/ROS/RTOS, embedded system programming, threading/synchronization, parallel computing, CPU/GPU architecture, sensor integration

Preferred skills

System architecture design, performance optimization, real-time software development, AV/Robotics system building

Technologies

C++, C, Python, Linux, QNX, ROS, GPU, CAN, LIDAR, RADAR, IMU, GPS

Responsibilities

Integrate sensors into the AV driving software stack; Develop and improve startup user experience of the AV stack; Work on sensor abstraction layers, data processing, performance optimization, and data serialization; Collaborate with hardware, platform software, product, safety, performance, algorithms, and cloud teams.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC