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Join our world-class team and play a crucial role in delivering the world's most powerful platform for crafting solutions for AI at-the-edge! NVIDIA is looking for phenomenal people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence. If you are creative and passionate about developing in embedded space, we want to hear from you!\nWhat you'll be doing:\nDefine and expose the capabilities of Jetson and bring the latest generations of AI at-the-edge platform to life.\n\nContribute extensively from hardware platform analysis through boot firmware to the Linux kernel and operating system, including specialized software SDKs.\n\nLead and collaborate within a worldwide software development team and have a broad impact within our highly dynamic and technology-focused company.\n\nCollaborate with hardware and product design teams to build and develop system-level software architectures for complex system-on-module embedded platform designs.\n\nBuild, implement, and improve system services to ensure scalability, reliability, efficiency, and security.\n\nResolve complex system-level optimization and resource utilization challenges.\n\nParticipate in a product development lifecycle that values high standards for clear requirements, software quality, and performance.\n\nWhat we need to see:\nBachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Science or a Master’s degree accompanied by over 5 years of demonstrated experience in Linux and advanced embedded systems development.\n\n8+ years of industry experience with responsibility for developing and sustaining commercially available embedded products through a full product lifecycle.\n\nStrong technical collaboration abilities and capability to guide multiple teams.\n\nEnthusiasm for extending technical knowledge into new areas.\n\nStrong analytical skills and proven success in problem-solving and achieving performance objectives.\n\nHands-on development of high-quality software with C/C++/Python/Bash and eagerness to mentor others.\n\nWays to stand out from the crowd:\nContributions to open-source software projects and experience in Linux Kernel and device driver creation.\n\nDeveloping complete platform Board Support Package (BSP) for release.\n\nExperience with GPU, Graphic driver, and X11 Development.\n\nStrong knowledge of embedded software release procedures, Jenkins pipeline, automated testing, and OTA.\n\nComprehensive grasp of security principles and skill in reviewing products and architectures to produce security assessments; experience with Jetson, IGX or DGX Spark developer kits.\n\nYour base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. 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