Tegra System Software Engineer

About the role

NVIDIA is searching for a creative and highly motivated engineer with expertise in system software to join the Tegra system-on-chip (SOC) Software organization. You will design key aspects of our Tegra SoC kernel drivers and embedded Software. This role will focus on enabling ARM SoC on pre-silicon and silicon platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and verify features for our next generation SoC architecture, collaborating with hardware engineers and fellow software engineers.
• Heavily involved with the early modeling simulation required to produce our outstanding products.
• Working closely with the hardware, silicon, pre-silicon teams to bring-up new platforms, products, and prototype systems.
• Involved in SoC bringup with a focus on enabling the core OS software on new platforms.
• Craft, develop, unit test, document and maintain features for Tegra SoCs.
• Influence hardware architecture and system software by creating architecture and design specification.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of relevant software development experience
• Proven leadership skills and strong ownership on past projects
• Hands on technical experience and demonstrated excellence in an environment with complex software and hardware designs
• Outstanding C programming and low-level driver experience; background and strength with complex system-level debugging
• Familiarity with ARM based processor architecture
• Familiarity with computer system architecture, microprocessor, and microcontroller fundamentals (caches, buses, memory controllers, DMA, etc.)

Qualifications

• Background with Chip or Board bring-up
• Experience developing high quality embedded code
• Experience with JTAG and other debugging tools

Benefits

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Background with Chip or Board bring-up
• Experience developing high quality embedded code
• Experience with JTAG and other debugging tools

Pay

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.

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Application Instructions

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until April 10, 2026.