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Principal System Software Engineer - AV Platform

📍 Location
Santa Clara
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 13, 2026

About the Role

NVIDIA is seeking a highly motivated Principal System Software Engineer to drive next-generation innovations in automotive platform software, system architecture, and performance engineering. In this highly visible technical leadership role, you will contribute directly to the architecture, development, optimization, and scaling of foundational software technologies powering NVIDIA automotive compute platforms.


You will work closely with hardware, architecture, kernel, AI, middleware, and platform teams to deliver high-performance, scalable, and safety-critical system software solutions. This role requires deep technical expertise, substantial proven hands-on engineering experience, and the ability to solve complex system-level challenges across the software stack.


What you'll be doing:
+ Drive system software architecture and technical direction for next-generation automotive compute platforms.
+ Lead performance optimization initiatives across CPU,...

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