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# Senior Hypervisor and RTOS Engineer

- **Company:** NVIDIA Corporation
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $184,000.0 - $287,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Embedded Software, Firmware, Hypervisor, Real-Time Operating Systems, ISO/IEC 15504, System Programming, System Software, Virtualization Technology, Formal Methods
- **Published:** August 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-Hypervisor-and-RTOS-Engineer_JR2024462

## About the Role

* BS, MS in CS/CE/EE or a related engineering field or equivalent experience
 * 8+ years of experience
 * Strong technical leadership, collaboration, and communication skills, with experience driving cross-team initiatives.
 * Strong systems programming experience in C/C++ and embedded software development.
 * Deep understanding of RTOS concepts, operating-system internals, and hardware-assisted virtualization.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

 * Knowledge of Automotive quality standards, ASPICE, ISO 26262, ISO 21434
 * A track record of influencing technical direction, aligning stakeholders, and driving complex, team-wide initiatives through completion.

## Description

The Hypervisor and RTOS Team within NVIDIA DRIVE Software plays a critical role in NVIDIA's expansion into the world of artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles. Our job is to facilitate the sharing and separation of system resources while achieving real-time, safety, and security requirements. We develop Hypervisor and RTOS with a strong focus on automotive quality, safety and security needed for the real-time, highly available system level components of world-class Autonomous Vehicles. We are making extensive use of formal methods to automate our workflow and increase the quality of our SW. We are hiring now for the position of Senior System Software Engineer for Hypervisor and RTOS, * Design and develop new features for RTOS and hypervisor software stack.

 * Bring up and optimize RTOS and hypervisor stacks on new NVIDIA Tegra SoCs.
 * Develop high-integrity software using best-in-class engineering, safety, and security practices.
 * Debug complex system-level issues across hardware, firmware, RTOS, and virtualization layers.
 * Lead team-wide technical initiatives by building alignment, coordinating execution, and driving them to completion.


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