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The work is exciting, impactful, and enjoyable, with deadlines, customers, and competition to navigate.\nWhat you'll be doing:\nLead software integration with a systematic approach to streamline embedded development for NVIDIA Drive Autonomous vehicle solution products.\nArchitect and develop platform software, tools, filesystem customization, with efficient software integration in multiple OS environments with AI powered workflows.\nProactively work with system architects, software/firmware engineers, HW/SW QA teams, and application engineering teams to drive cross-team dependency and schedule alignment, coordinate progress, and debug issues to meet production release timelines.\nRegularly engage with customer teams to productize workflows for platform integration.\nCollaborate with other engineering teams to enable automated workflows for development, sanity testing, car validation, and software release deliveries.\nWork closely with other software engineers to identify and implement build and packaging infrastructure requirements, and develop automated tests to accelerate development for Autonomous Vehicles.\nOperate in an environment involving Hypervisor, Linux, and QNX RTOS.\nWhat we need to see:\nBS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).\n8+ years of experience working on software development autonomous vehicles.\nProficient debugging skills from application to kernel level on embedded hardware.\nStrong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams.\nProven expertise in embedded systems, architecture design and SW/HW cross-domain knowledge.\nAbility and flexibility to work and communicate effectively in a multinational, multi-time-zone corporate environment.\nSelf-motivated, organized, and proactive.\nWays to stand out from the crowd:\nLeveraged AI for building small to complex embedded projects to improve platform developer efficiency.\nExperience with Linux and QNX filesystems, and QNX RTOS is a major plus.\nBackground in automotive ECU software integration or Prior experience in the automotive field.\nFamiliarity with the Bazel build system.\nGood to have exposure in python programming, cloud services, Jenkins, and Docker in continuous integration and deployment systems.\nYour base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. 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