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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Systems Software Engineer, Low Latency Streaming Technology - Automotive - **Company:** NVIDIA Corporation - **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $184,000.0 - $287,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** LTE (Telecommunication), AUTomotive Open System Architecture (AUTOSAR), C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Encodings, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Failover, Fault Tolerance, HTTP Live Streaming, Network Protocols, Performance Tuning, Real-Time Operating Systems, Software Safety, Software Engineering, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Safety Critical Systems, Information Technology, Low Latency, Performance Monitor, Video Streaming, Decoding - **Published:** August 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-Systems-Software-Engineer--Low-Latency-Streaming-Technology---Automotive_JR2024547 ## About the Role * Proficiency in C/C++, with strong systems software programming and open-box debugging skills * Hands-on experience with development, debugging, and performance tuning of real-time, latency-sensitive software in QNX or other RTOS environments for automotive or a similar safety-critical domain * Solid understanding of ISO 26262 classification concepts (QM vs. ASIL) and freedom-from-interference/partitioning principles * Experience with real-time video/audio pipelines including encoding, decoding, network protocols (RTP/ RTCP/ SRTP), and QoS algorithms (Adaptive streaming, FEC, L4S, ECN) * Understanding of deterministic, thread-safe and memory-safe coding practices * BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of experience in above areas Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd: * Experience with automotive SoCs, hypervisors * Background in interactive, latency-sensitive streaming applications such as gaming, video conferencing, cloud streaming * Exposure to automotive cybersecurity standards (ISO 21434) alongside functional safety * Background with automotive connectivity: TCU integration, cellular (LTE/5G) link behavior, link bonding or failover, and designing around variable and lossy last-mile networks * Experience employing agentic tools for code and documentation ## Description We are seeking a Senior Systems Software Engineer with deep knowledge of RTOS and software safety standards to help bring GFN's real-time streaming technology to automotive platforms. You'll work at the intersection of real-time media streaming and safety-critical software development, adapting and hardening our streaming pipelines to meet the reliability, determinism, and certification demands of in-vehicle systems. If you're excited by the challenge of reimagining low-latency interactive streaming for an exacting environment, this team is the place to be. NVIDIA's GeForce NOW, the next-generation gaming service powered by NVIDIA GPUs in the cloud, transforms a Mac, any PC or just a mobile device into a high-performance gaming rig. GeForce NOW automatically keeps games up-to-date and users around the globe can instantly stream the latest games in high-definition resolution at the lowest latency for smooth gameplay. Just click and play! Visit us at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now. What You Will Be Doing: * Extend and adapt GFN's low-latency streaming stack to RTOS platforms (e.g., QNX, AUTOSAR Adaptive/Classic) to meet strict determinism, timing, and partitioning requirements * Develop QM-classified streaming software with freedom-from-interference awareness, ensuring architectural isolation from ASIL-rated components per ISO 26262 standard * Collaborate with functional safety teams to ensure streaming components meet freedom-from-interference and resource-partitioning requirements relative to colocated safety-critical systems * Build and evolve test infrastructure and tools to validate real-time performance and fault-tolerance behavior for automotive streaming scenarios * Define and monitor performance/safety metrics and drive continuous product improvement * Review code and design across the team, and help evolve team engineering and safety processes ## Related Videos - [Tour de Force: Open-Source LLM Inference Optimization from Simple to Sophisticated](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100099-tour-de-force-open-source-llm-inference-optimization-from-simple-to-sophisticated) - [System Resilience: Surviving the Software Storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/874-system-resilience-surviving-the-software-storm) - [A Brief History of Data Storage](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/974-a-brief-history-of-data-storage) - [Software defines the vehicle: Why customers and developers will love cars even more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1114-software-defines-the-vehicle-why-customers-and-developers-will-love-cars-even-more) - [Bitcoin transactions- embedding and using data for applications built on Bitcoin SV](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/152-bitcoin-transactions-embedding-and-using-data-for-applications-built-on-bitcoin-sv) - [Challenges and Solutions for Efficient, Large-Scale Video Analysis](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2022-challenges-and-solutions-for-efficient-large-scale-video-analysis) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 102 - Race conditions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/386-dev-digest-102-race-conditions) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers)