Deep Learning Senior Engineer, End-To-End Autonomous Driving

Nvidia

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Work type
Remote
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$184,000–$287,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
5 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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TL;DR · Deep Learning Senior Engineer, End-To-End Autonomous Driving

The Deep Learning Senior Engineer, End-To-End Autonomous Driving joins the autonomous driving team to design, implement, and deploy end-to-end systems running on NVIDIA chips in mass-production vehicles. This role focuses on the AI 2.0 strategy, which involves teaching intelligent agents to drive using LLMs, VLMs, and VLAs to provide reasoning and planning capabilities. You will design and train large-scale generative, imitation, and reinforcement learning models while exploring novel data generation strategies. Key responsibilities include pre-training and fine-tuning systems for real-world robotics and autonomous driving applications, ensuring safety-critical software integration with vehicle firmware. Required skills include Python, C++, and major deep learning frameworks. Candidates must possess experience building LLMs, VLMs, or VLAs and a deep understanding of modern deep learning architectures and optimization techniques.

What you'll do

  • Design and train large-scale generative, imitation, and reinforcement learning models for driving systems.
  • Build, pre-train, and fine-tune LLM, VLM, and VLA systems for autonomous driving and robotics.
  • Develop novel data generation and collection strategies to improve training dataset diversity and quality.
  • Integrate machine learning models directly with vehicle firmware for safety-critical software production.
  • Deploy AI models in production environments while ensuring performance, safety, and reliability standards.
  • Optimize algorithms for real-time performance in resource-constrained environments.

What we're looking for

  • Hands-on experience building LLMs, VLMs, or VLAs from scratch or a proven track record as a top-tier coder.
  • Deep understanding of modern deep learning architectures and optimization techniques.
  • Proven record of deploying production-grade ML models for self-driving, robotics, or related fields at scale.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and proficiency with major deep learning frameworks.
  • Familiarity with C++ for model deployment and integration in safety-critical systems.
  • PhD with 4+ years or MS with 6+ years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Experience with LLM/VLM/VLA systems deployable to autonomous vehicles or general robotics (preferred).
  • Publications, open-source contributions, or competition wins related to LLM/VLM/VLA systems (preferred).

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