Senior System Software Engineer - Halos Core and Robotics Platform

Job Title

Senior System Software Engineer - Halos Core and Robotics Platform

Role Summary

Join the Halos team to design and implement system software for NVIDIA's safety-focused edge AI platform for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and intelligent machines. The role spans embedded and rich operating systems, virtualization, safety, security, and accelerated computing on NVIDIA SoCs.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires 8+ years of relevant system software and embedded systems experience.

Responsibilities

You will architect, implement, and optimize system-level software and platform bring-up for mixed-criticality, safety-focused edge platforms.

• Architect, design, develop, and debug system software across QNX, Linux, and hypervisor-based environments.
• Design and implement BSP, boot, drivers, I/O virtualization, diagnostics, and platform software for NVIDIA SoCs.
• Develop safe, secure software aligned with automotive safety standards, using formal methods where applicable.
• Bring up and optimize next-generation platforms working with ASIC, firmware, OS, safety, security, and platform teams.
• Design debugging, tracing, logging, and performance-analysis tooling to improve developer workflows.
• Use GenAI and AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate debugging, testing, code review, and documentation.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for immediate contribution.

• 8+ years building system software and solutions for complex real-time embedded systems.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture and OS fundamentals.
• Proficient in C and/or Ada/SPARK for low-level systems development and debugging.
• Experience with virtualization, hypervisors, and mixed-criticality software stacks.
• Practical experience with debugging, performance analysis, and system analyzer tools.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, debugging, testing, documentation, or workflow automation.
• Effective collaborator with strong analytical and interpersonal skills.

Nice-to-have:

• In-depth experience with QNX or RT Linux and ARMv8 low-level software development.
• Prior hands-on Ada/SPARK development and formal verification (e.g., TLA+).
• Background developing software compliant with ISO 26262 and ISO 21434.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

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.