Senior System Software Engineer - Halos

Job Title

Senior System Software Engineer - Halos

Role Summary

Develop and deliver system software for NVIDIA Halos, a full-stack safety platform for autonomous vehicles, robots, and other physical AI systems. The role focuses on embedded and rich OS environments, virtualization, safety, security, and platform bring-up.

You will collaborate with ASIC, firmware, OS, safety, security, platform teams and external vendors to architect, integrate, and optimize mixed-criticality software stacks on edge AI platforms.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 8+ years of system software architecture and development for real-time embedded systems.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and validate low-level system software and platform software for NVIDIA SoCs and edge AI platforms.

• Architect, design, develop, and debug system software across QNX, Linux, and hypervisor-based environments.
• Design and develop BSP, boot, drivers, device management, networking, diagnostics, and platform software.
• Develop safe and secure software in accordance with industry safety and security standards.
• Bring up and optimize next-generation platforms; collaborate with ASIC, firmware, OS, safety, security, and external vendors.
• Design and implement I/O virtualization solutions for mixed-criticality systems.
• Apply formal methods to architect and develop high-integrity software.
• Use GenAI and AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate debugging, testing, code review, documentation, and workflow automation.
• Resolve complex kernel-level issues and lead integration of external Ethernet switching and networking technology.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience.

• 8+ years of experience in system software architecture and development for real-time embedded systems.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture, operating system fundamentals, and networking.
• Proficient programming and debugging in Python and C, and/or Ada/SPARK.
• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, debugging, testing, documentation, or workflow automation.
• Hands-on experience with debugging tools, performance analysis, system and network analyzer tools, and platform bring-up.
• Deep expertise in automotive networking across Linux and QNX, including network stack optimization, multi-OS integration, IEEE 1588 PTP, TSN, hardware time-stamping, Ethernet switches, PHYs, and cross-layer debug.
• Team-oriented, results-driven, self-motivated with strong analytical and interpersonal skills.

Nice-to-have:

• In-depth knowledge of embedded real-time operating systems such as QNX and RT Linux.
• Experience with ARM architecture and low-level software development for ARMv8-based SoCs.
• Prior hands-on Ada/SPARK programming with specification and formal verification, and TLA+ modeling.
• Experience developing software to ISO 26262 and ISO 21434 standards.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience; the posting explicitly permits equivalent experience in lieu of a degree.

About the Company

Company: NVIDIA

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA

NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.