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Senior System Software Engineer - Halos Core and Robotics Platform

NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
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Santa Clara, CA$184k - $287.5kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior System Software Engineer to build NVIDIA Halos, a full-stack safety platform for physical AI across autonomous systems and robotics. Focus on RTOS, ARM, virtualization, safety, security, and accelerated computing with C and/or Ada/SPARK, using formal methods and AI-assisted engineering tools.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, develop, and debug system software for NVIDIA Halos OS across QNX, Linux, and hypervisor-based environments
  • Design and develop BSP, boot, driver, device-management, diagnostics, and platform software for NVIDIA SoCs and edge AI platforms
  • Design & develop I/O Virtualization solutions for mixed-criticality systems
  • Develop safe and secure software compliant with ISO 26262 and ISO 21434 standards
  • Bring up and optimize next-generation NVIDIA platforms, working closely with ASIC, firmware, OS, safety, security, and platform teams
  • Use Formal Methods to architect and develop high integrity software
  • Use GenAI and AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate debugging, test development, code review, documentation, requirements analysis, and workflow automation
  • Design debugging, tracing, logging, and performance-analysis solutions that improve developer experience

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s or equivalent experience in Computer Science
  • 8+ years of experience in System Software architecture and development for real-time embedded systems
  • Strong understanding of computer architecture and operating system fundamentals
  • Experience in designing and developing solutions for complex system problems
  • Strong C and/or Ada/SPARK programming and debugging skills
  • Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, debugging, testing, documentation, or workflow automation
  • Hands-on experience with debugging tools, performance analysis, and system analyzer tools
  • A dedicated, team and results-oriented, self-motivated contributor with excellent analytical and interpersonal skills

Skills

Required:System Software ArchitectureC programmingRTOSFormal methodsISO 26262 / ISO 21434
Nice to have:Ada/SPARK programmingARM architecture

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits (as listed on NVIDIA site)
Last updated Aug 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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