Senior System Software Engineer
Focused on system software for embedded and automotive platforms, where correctness, diagnostics, hardware interfaces, and sustained performance matter more than surface polish.
Sr. System Software Engineer · Embedded Systems · Automotive
Close-to-metal software for automotive-grade platforms.
Devender Sawhney is a senior system software engineer at NVIDIA with 17+ years in embedded systems across control, telematics, infotainment, diagnostics, and automotive platforms. He works at the layer where hardware realities, real-time constraints, standards compliance, and production reliability collide.
Experience
17+ Years
Current
NVIDIA
Specialty
QNX / Hypervisor
Patents
2 Published
Experience
Systems engineering with production gravity.
Public LinkedIn profile details show a career across NVIDIA and Tata Consultancy Services, with work spanning premium automotive telematics, infotainment, locomotive control systems, diagnostics, and QNX-based embedded platforms.
Technical Architect
Designed and developed a telematics control unit with hypervisor and multi-ECU support for a premium automotive manufacturer in the UK.
Technical Lead
Led design and development of a next-generation infotainment system for a premium automotive manufacturer in the UK.
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Designed and developed next-generation control systems and offboard telematics systems for diesel and electric locomotive platforms.
Embedded Systems Developer
Worked across requirements analysis, product design, development, standards compliance, unit testing, and deployment for QNX migration of locomotive control systems.
Systems Focus
Built for the layer below the demo.
The profile lists hands-on depth in real-time operating systems, hypervisors, languages, SoC architectures, automotive diagnostics standards, and model-based development tooling.
Expertise with QNX real-time operating system and QNX Hypervisor for multi-ECU, VM-based embedded systems.
Command over ISO 13400, ISO 14229, ISO 22900, ISO 22901, and ISO 13209 diagnostic specifications.
C, C++, Java, and Python across multiple SoC architectures including Qualcomm MSM8996, MSM8998, and Intel KC.
Experience with IBM Rational Rhapsody, EAP, and Catia Magic for architecture and model-driven engineering.
Profile Depth
Control, telematics, infotainment, diagnostics.
The public profile summary describes embedded systems work across multiple customers and product classes, from locomotive control systems to premium automotive platforms.
- Embedded systems design and development
- Control systems and offboard telematics
- Infotainment and diagnostics systems
- ISO 13400 and ISO 14229
- ISO 22900 and ISO 22901
- ISO 13209
- QNX and QNX Hypervisor
- Qualcomm MSM8996 and MSM8998
- Intel KC architecture
- C and C++
- Java
- Python
Patents
Hypervisor-based ECU power management.
Two published patents from the LinkedIn profile focus on power management, power modes, shutdown, wakeup, suspension, and multi-ECU control in VM-based hypervisor systems.
Power Management for a Hypervisor Based ECU
Development of power management and power modes for multi-ECU and multi-step shutdown, wakeup, and suspension in a telematics system for a premium UK automotive manufacturer.
View patent PDF ↗Power Management within a Multi ECU, VM Based Hypervisor System
Design and development of management and control of multiple ECUs within a single hardware ECU using a hypervisor and VM setup.
View patent PDF ↗
Contact
Open to serious technical conversations.
The full public profile includes recommendations highlighting problem solving, meticulous execution, domain knowledge, design thinking, and team support. Reach out directly by email or connect on LinkedIn.