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

Nvidia

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Santa Clara, CA Posted 76 days ago $272,000$431,250 / year

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TL;DR

Join NVIDIA’s autonomous driving team as a senior engineer, where you will design and implement advanced AI systems that power mass-production vehicles. Your daily tasks include training large-scale models using generative, imitation, and reinforcement learning techniques to enhance planning and reasoning in autonomous driving systems. You’ll also build and fine-tune LLMs, VLMs, and VLAs for real-world deployment, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure safety and reliability standards are met. Essential skills include hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch, strong Python programming abilities, and proficiency in C++ for model integration. Ideal candidates have a proven track record of deploying production-grade ML models at scale and a deep understanding of behavior and motion planning in autonomous vehicles.

Skills

Python LLMs VLMs VLAs Deep Learning Frameworks C++ Autonomous Vehicles Robotics Behavior Planning Motion Planning Large-Scale Datasets Real-Time Performance Optimization CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Design and train advanced AI models, including generative, imitation, and reinforcement learning, to enhance autonomous driving systems.
  • Build and fine-tune large language, vision, and multimodal agent models for real-world vehicle applications.
  • Develop novel data generation strategies to improve the diversity and quality of training datasets for autonomous vehicles.
  • Ensure safety-critical machine learning models are integrated with vehicle firmware for production deployment.
  • Collaborate on deploying AI models in production environments while meeting performance, safety, and reliability standards.

What we're looking for

  • Hands-on experience with LLMs, VLMs, or VLAs from scratch or extensive coding expertise in autonomous systems.
  • Deep understanding of modern deep learning architectures and optimization techniques for AI models.
  • Proven history of deploying large-scale ML models in self-driving cars or robotics environments.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and proficiency with major deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
  • Familiarity with C++ for integrating machine learning models into safety-critical vehicle systems.
  • Master's degree (or equivalent experience) plus 13+ years of work in AV or related field, or PhD with 11+ years of experience.

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $196,750–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $352k versus about $221k for comparable roles.

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About Nvidia

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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