Senior System Software Safety Engineer - Halos Core and Robotics Platform
NVIDIA · Posted Sep 29
Graphics processing units, artificial intelligence platforms, accelerated computing, and data center solutions
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About the role
NVIDIA Halos is the company's full-stack safety critical platform for physical AI, targeting autonomous vehicles, humanoids, industrial robots, and intelligent machines, and gives automakers, tier-1 suppliers, and research institutions the ability to train deep neural networks on DGX and run them on the Halos platform inside the vehicle. The work spans high-performance NVIDIA edge AI platforms running mixed-criticality software stacks across QNX, Linux, hypervisors, safety partitions, accelerators, and real-time AI workloads. This role owns and drives the ISO 26262 functional safety lifecycle and develops system software for Halos OS across QNX, Linux, and hypervisor-based environments.
What you will do
- Own and drive the ISO 26262 functional safety lifecycle for NVIDIA Halos platform components from safety plan to safety analysis for mixed-criticality software stacks.
- Architect, design and develop system software for NVIDIA Halos OS across QNX, Linux, and hypervisor-based environments.
- Use GenAI and AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate debugging, test development, code review, documentation, requirements analysis, and workflow automation.
- Handle complex issues requiring interactions between components partitioned across the large software stack
- Mentor junior engineers
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelors/Masters or equivalent experience in Computer Science
- 8+ years of experience in System Software architecture and development for real time embedded systems
- 4+ years of direct, hands-on ISO 26262 functional safety engineering experience.
- Strong understanding of computer architecture and operating system fundamentals
- Experience in designing and developing solutions for complex system problems.
- Practical experience using AI-assisted software development lifecycle.
- A dedicated, team and results oriented, self-motivated contributor with excellent analytical and interpersonal skills
Preferred qualifications
- Demonstrated experience owning ISO 26262 safety lifecycle activities: FMEA/DFA, CPA, safety case development, and working with independent assessors.
- In-depth knowledge of embedded systems and real time operating systems, like QNX and RT Linux
- Good understanding of ARM architecture and low level software development for ARM v8 based SOCs
- Prior hands-on experience in Ada/SPARK programming (including specification and formal verification) and TLA+ formal verification modeling
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a multinational technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs) for the gaming and professional markets, as well as system on a chip units (SoCs) for the mobile computing and automotive market. Pioneering accelerated computing, the company has become a driving engine of modern artificial intelligence, deep learning, and data center infrastructure.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 42000+ employees
- Founded
- April 5, 1993
- Location
- Santa Clara, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $5M raised
Leadership
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Founder and NVIDIA Fellow
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations
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