CareerPlan

Senior System Software Engineer, Automotive Performance

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$224k2026-08-07 → 2026-11-10

Core

Optimizing system software and performance for NVIDIA automotive platforms, including Safe RTOS, hypervisors, and Tegra-based stacks.

Role type

Senior System Software Engineer (Automotive Performance)

Builds

High-performance automotive software solutions and profiling tools

Domain

Automotive industry, Embedded Systems, Real-Time Operating Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

C/C++, Linux, QNX, Benchmarking, Boot time optimization, Compiler optimizations, Hypervisor knowledge, Profiling utilities

Preferred skills

AI/ML experience, Android knowledge

Technologies

Safe RTOS, DriveOS, Tegra, ARM, Linux, QNX, Android

Responsibilities

Optimize system software for automotive performance platforms; Collaborate with hardware and test teams to track boot and runtime benchmarks; Supervise micro and industry-standard benchmarks; Develop features in automotive profiling tools with AI assistance; Benchmark hypervisors for low overhead on ARM systems; Optimize next-gen stacks on Tegra platforms with the ADAS/AV team.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC