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Senior Software Systems Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA AI
Santa Clara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/11/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/5/2026
Job Requisition ID

JR2017203

Job Category

Engineering

Time Type

Full time

The Automotive Vehicles team is searching for a creative and experienced Software Systems Engineer to help bring NVIDIA's next generation autonomous vehicle solutions to market! You will participate in a focused effort to develop and productize ground-breaking solutions that will redefine the world of transportation and the growing field of self-driving cars. You will work with hardworking and dedicated multi-functional engineering development teams across various vehicle subsystems to integrate their work into our AV SW platform, while achieving or exceeding all relevant NVIDIA and automotive standards & guidelines. You'll find the work is exciting, fun, and relevant. We have real-world product expectations, customers, and competition.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Develop, evaluate, and build architectures for SAE Level 2 to Level 4 driver assistance and self-driving vehicle technologies
  • Characterize autonomous vehicle interactions relative to vehicle requirements to drive data collection for system training and verification
  • Drive autonomous vehicle system verification activities, including architecture and design verification, test strategy development working with the System Integration & Verification Test Leads, and reviewing and prioritizing test results
  • Lead and communicate data analysis, working with product and engineering teams to drive design decisions relative to requirements and system behavioral needs
  • Develop methods to analyze and compare the impact of ODDs on relevant performance metrics, translating data and analysis into impactful recommendations

What We Need To See

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or another related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5 years of proven industry experience
  • Strong analytics and architectural background in a development and production setting
  • Experience in systems engineering, robotics development, or systems integration and test
  • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to drive alignment between product development, engineering, and test teams.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

  • Experience with complex hardware and software systems
  • Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering methods and tools, especially with Magic Cyber Systems Engineer / Cameo
  • Experience with software and/or tool development with a focus on modelling, analysis, utility languages such as Python and the use of AI tooling to enhance requirement and test coverage analysis. Success applying the systems V-Model to sophisticated engineering projects, ideally advanced driver assistance or autonomous vehicle systems and associated standards (e.g. ISO 26262)
  • Deep technical background in at least one focus area of robotic systems development (e.g. sensing, perception, motion control)

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 10, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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.

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