Automotive DriveOS Software Architect

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Research & Development • $184,000 PA - $356,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As an Automotive DriveOS Software Architect at NVIDIA, you will architect complex systems, develop precision code, and solve challenging safety and security requirements. You'll work with software engineers and architects across various domains (system software, virtualization, trusted OS, etc.) to build safe and reliable self-driving vehicle systems. This role requires strong technical leadership to provide direction, resolve issues, and improve processes. You will also collaborate with chip architecture teams and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in embedded systems, operating systems design, and compliance with industry standards like DO-178b and ISO 26262.
Must have:
  • Master's degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years in Embedded Systems and System Software
  • Strong understanding of multicore hardware and OS design
  • Experience with industrial-grade quality standards (DO-178b, ISO 26262, SPICE)
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
Good to have:
  • Automotive AI/Autonomous System Software experience
  • Leadership experience in highly matrixed organizations
  • Experience with ARM 64-bit architecture and virtualized device drivers
  • Experience with formal verification of software programs
Perks:
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

Do you love architecting complex systems, developing precision code, reasoning through challenging requirements that span safety and security domains, and clearly communicating your ideas with others? Are you driven to achieve your best and enjoy working to improve the future? We're looking for a very strong technical leader; someone with the technical ability to deeply understand and architect solutions, and the leadership to inspire our engineering teams to implement them. As a key member of our automotive group, you'll focus on challenges unique to the automotive industry and our automotive products. With your help, we'll be architecting solutions needed to build safe and reliable self driving vehicle systems!

What you’ll be doing:

  • Work with software engineers and architects in system software, virtualization, trusted OS, graphics, compute, safety/security and multimedia to architect component level and system level solutions.

  • As a technical leader, provide insight and technical direction to resolve issues, drive development processes, and to help improve our processes and technologies for current and future application.

  • Using strong communication skills, build and drive architecture, analysis documents and communications to internal and/or external audiences about our technology.

  • Collaborate with the chip architecture teams looking for opportunities to improve our chip designs.

What we need to see:

  • Master's degree or equivalent experience

  • 5+ years proficiency in Embedded Systems and System Software

  • Strong understanding of multicore hardware, operating systems design, concurrency, virtual memory, caching, interrupts, device drivers, real-time, assembler programming

  • Experience with design and development software in compliance with industrial-grade quality standards (DO-178b, ISO 26262, SPICE)

  • Clear and concise communication and presentation skills

  • Highly organized and driven, with the ability to work in a dynamic environment across multiple countries and time zones

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Past Automotive AI/Autonomous System Software experience

  • Previous experience in highly matrixed organizations in a leadership position

  • Experience with ARM 64-bit architecture and virtualized device drivers

  • Experience with formal verification of software programs

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!

The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 356,500 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.


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