Contribute to the technical strategy and multi-year roadmap for the Robotics OS. This covers the board support package (BSP), kernel, OS image, update system, real-time behavior, GPU platform, and fleet tooling across every robot program and compute platform (AGX Thor, IGX Thor, and future NVIDIA silicon) Architect the next-generation OS image, including the move to a Yocto / meta-tegra based build. Make it reproducible, hermetic and secure, and make it fast for many engineers to iterate on Define and drive the production update strategy: atomic A/B and over-the-air updates, rollback, secure and verified boot, fusing and signing, and factory provisioning, so we can ship to a growing fleet safely Shape the platform's real-time architecture.
Help define how CPU cores, interrupts, memory and the GPU are divided between control loops at kilohertz rates and large AI models. Set the latency budgets and the measurement infrastructure that proves we meet them Collaborate with NVIDIA's Jetson engineering teams alongside other Meta engineers: share requirements, push fixes upstream, and help plan how we adopt new Jetson Linux / JetPack releases with minimal fork debt Partner with electrical, firmware, and mechanical engineers on new compute and carrier-board designs.
Weigh in early on SoC configuration, interfaces, power and thermal so boards are easier to bring up and software stays simpler Drive bring-up of new boards and modules end to end: boot chain (MB1/MB2, UEFI), BPMP and device tree, pinmux, PCIe/USB/Ethernet, power profiles, and the drivers for robot hardware (EtherCAT, USB-C power delivery, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, sensors, cameras) Help set the quality bar for the RT kernel and out-of-tree drivers: kernel configuration, ABI compatibility, and a plan to upstream changes or align with Meta's kernel instead of carrying long-lived patches Build the reliability and observability foundation: crash and kernel-log capture, symbolization, boot-time tracing, health telemetry, and fleet triage tooling, so that any robot failure can be diagnosed remotely Raise the bar for the engineers around you through design reviews, mentorship, and technical hiring.
Grow OS and embedded talent on the team, and help shape on-call and operational practices