Nvidia Senior Systems Software Engineer – Autonomous Vehicles Infrastructure 

United States, Texas 

788698288

What you’ll be doing:

• Architect, design, and implement distributed infrastructure solutions to support AV software builds, large-scale simulation testing, and real-time observability.

• Innovate developer tooling and automation frameworks to mitigate integration challenges, avert regressions, and uphold quality standards.

• Design comprehensive metrics to monitor system health, workload quality, and resource utilization across complex compute and storage environments..

• Collaborate deeply with multi-functional AI teams to translate their requirements into scalable, future-proof platforms that boost efficiency and accelerate innovation.

• Serve as a technical leader, driving architecture decisions and guiding project execution across the entire platform.

• Partner with software, hardware, safety, and product management teams to translate product visions into actionable architecture and design documentation.

• Take ownership of driving proof-of-concept projects, writing technical proposals, and championing novel infrastructure solutions that tackle complex, unsolved challenges.

• Engage in exciting, fun and challenging work involving a plethora of unsolved problems

What we need to see:

• BS or MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Architecture, Electrical Engineering or related field.

• 12+ years designing and building distributed systems with a strong foundation in Linux systems and infrastructure engineering.

• Proficiency in Python and deep experience working with container orchestration and cloud/on-prem environments (Kubernetes, Docker, VMs).

• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and ELK stack.

• Proven ability to debug complex systems spanning infrastructure, build processes, and workload execution

• Proven capability to collaborate effectively and communicate clearly, with a history of successful partnerships with engineering teams and business partners.

• Demonstrated problem-solving mentality with a drive to own solutions end-to-end and thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

• Strong interpersonal skills, capable of leading across geographies and organizational boundaries
  

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Demonstrated technical leadership and architectural impact on critical, large-scale distributed systems deployed in production.

• Experience building developer tools and automation pipelines that significantly improve build reliability and reduce integration times at scale.

• Passion for innovation — proven ability to lead proof-of-concept projects and write compelling technical proposals that drive new initiatives.

• Experience working in autonomous vehicle or related real-time, safety-critical systems is a plus.