Are you ready to embrace an outstanding opportunity to speed up Jetson embedded systems development within NVIDIA? 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!
What you'll be doing:
Define and expose the capabilities of Jetson and bring the latest generations of AI at-the-edge platform to life.
Contribute extensively from hardware platform analysis through boot firmware to the Linux kernel and operating system, including specialized software SDKs.
Lead and collaborate within a worldwide software development team and have a broad impact within our highly dynamic and technology-focused company.
Collaborate with hardware and product design teams to build and develop system-level software architectures for complex system-on-module embedded platform designs.
Build, implement, and improve system services to ensure scalability, reliability, efficiency, and security.
Resolve complex system-level optimization and resource utilization challenges.
Participate in a product development lifecycle that values high standards for clear requirements, software quality, and performance.
What we need to see:
Bachelor'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.
8+ years of industry experience with responsibility for developing and sustaining commercially available embedded products through a full product lifecycle.
Strong technical collaboration abilities and capability to guide multiple teams.
Enthusiasm for extending technical knowledge into new areas.
Strong analytical skills and proven success in problem-solving and achieving performance objectives.
Hands-on development of high-quality software with C/C++/Python/Bash and eagerness to mentor others.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
Contributions to open-source software projects and experience in Linux Kernel and device driver creation.
Developing complete platform Board Support Package (BSP) for release.
Experience with GPU, Graphic driver, and X11 Development.
Strong knowledge of embedded software release procedures, Jenkins pipeline, automated testing, and OTA.
Comprehensive grasp of security principles and skill in reviewing products and architectures to produce security assessments; experience with Jetson, IGX or DGX Spark developer kits.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Science or equivalent experience
- Master's degree with more than 5 years of experience in Linux and advanced embedded systems development
- 8 or more years of industry experience developing and sustaining commercially available embedded products through a full product lifecycle
- Strong technical collaboration skills and ability to guide multiple teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated performance optimization results
- Hands-on software development experience with C, C++, Python, and Bash
- Experience with Linux kernel and device driver development
- Experience developing complete platform Board Support Packages for release
- Experience with GPU, graphics driver, and X11 development
- Knowledge of embedded software release procedures, Jenkins pipelines, automated testing, and OTA updates
- Knowledge of security principles and experience conducting product and architecture security assessments
- Experience with Jetson, IGX, or DGX Spark developer kits
- Open-source software contribution experience
NVIDIA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NVIDIA and has not been reviewed or approved by NVIDIA.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Company stock and RSUs have driven exceptional total compensation, with a generous employee stock purchase plan and ongoing equity refreshers playing a central role. Feedback suggests historic share-price gains created significant financial upside for many.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple plan options (HSA, PPO, and in some locations Kaiser) with in-network preventive care covered at 100% and company HSA contributions indicate a robust offering. Mental-health sessions and broad dental, vision, and disability coverage further strengthen the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Up to 22 weeks of fully paid parental leave, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, and coverage for IVF and egg freezing are highlighted as standout features. Additional family-care resources and caregiving support broaden the appeal.
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NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, NVIDIA is increasingly known as “the AI computing company.”
