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Senior Software Performance Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
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Santa Clara, CA$224k - $356.5kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior software performance engineer for NVIDIA's autonomous driving applications, focusing on latency/throughput optimization across multi-computer and heterogeneous hardware architectures.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain and optimize latency and throughput of NVIDIA’s L2/L3/L4 autonomous driving solutions.
  • Devise acceleration strategies and patterns to improve software architecture and efficiency on machines with multiple heterogeneous hardware engines while meeting/exceeding product goals.
  • Develop highly efficient product code in C++, utilizing algorithmic parallelism via CUDA/ARM NEON and adhering to MISRA quality and safety standards.
  • Collaborate with HW, product, OS, and safety teams to design next-gen products.

Qualifications

  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Architecture, Electrical Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 12+ years of relevant professional experience.
  • Excellent C and C++ programming skills.
  • Solid understanding of programming/debugging techniques, especially for parallel architectures.
  • Good understanding of system software/operating systems and computer architecture.
  • Experience with performance analysis, optimizations and benchmarking.
  • Outstanding communication and collaboration skills for interfacing with other NVIDIA teams.

Skills

Required:C++CParallel programming
Nice to have:CUDA

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits (as listed in NVIDIA benefits page)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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